Born short-lived

At the beginning, I asked Dong Li to be a teacher, and after searching all over the court, I found a rather famous bachelor. The old gentleman was afraid of being ordered, and he dared not neglect to preach and teach, and these pressures gradually became the motivation for him to "oppress" the students , the homework left to Dong Li has never been reduced.

"It's good that Your Highness can think like this," Jiang Kun took the tea with both hands, covered the lid of the tea bowl, took a sip, smacked his lips in enjoyment, and said, "It's just that you can't just read books. It’s a good read, why don’t you come to the minister’s cabinet to have a look, so you can know how to apply what you have learned.”

The Panyang people suffered a great loss from Huaxu's long-range cannons in the first battle. The most elite forward warships were almost wiped out, and the coach was forcibly recalled for accountability.This time, there was a lot of thunder and little rain in the attack. Apart from destroying a section of the Great Wall, Hua Xu didn't suffer much.

And even this section of the Great Wall is enough for Zhou Zirong to have a headache—you know, that is the gold mine he managed to get from Nanyang, and now one-third of the first batch of gold mines has been smashed into the finishing works of the Great Wall It's gone, this is great, even with the one-third of the gold, the entire city wall has completely sunk into the bottom of the sea.

Not to mention the money spent in this war, that single long-range cannon was enough for him, and he actually shot more than a dozen of them in a row.

Zhou Zirong stood on the tower of Yanhai Customs, flipping through the account books handed over by the deputy general with a gloomy expression. He flipped the fragile pages and looked back and forth several times. It's like a few more taels of military pay.

The contours of Zhou Zirong's facial features are as clear and tough as a knife carving, even if he usually has a smile of spring and March, people dare not offend at will. .

The deputy general carefully raised his eyelids to look at his expression, and couldn't help feeling guilty for a while, for fear that Zhou Zirong would be so angry that he would change hands and throw the ledger down from the tower.

The two sides were silent for a long while, Zhou Zirong finally just closed the account book in silence, and handed it back to the deputy general.Although his complexion was still not very good-looking, at least he managed to pull up the corners of his mouth and smiled at the nervous lieutenant general, but the wrinkled brows were still uneven, showing a little tiredness that had accumulated for a long time. In the end, the tone was quite gentle and authentic: "Panyang people should not come again in the near future. The East China Sea has stepped up patrols. Regarding the Great Wall...let's talk about it in the spring of next year."

It's late autumn now, it gets dark early, and the wind is strong at sea, so it's easy to have accidents while rushing to work.And it seems a long time to wait until the beginning of spring, but when you think about it carefully, it is actually less than four months.

And it's not just because of the season, the small treasury in the East China Sea is already stretched, and it has to wait until the next batch of gold arrives.

"Ah...yes, I'll go down and tell them," the lieutenant put away the account book in his arms, and was about to turn around and go down, but suddenly he seemed to remember something again, and laughed a little embarrassingly , "By the way, General."

"what happened?"

The lieutenant general smiled embarrassingly twice, he didn't dare to look directly at Zhou Zirong, but couldn't bear his curiosity, he glanced at his expression carefully, and said evasively: "I met the old lady at the gate of the barracks this morning, old lady Someone asked the general when you will return home..."

Zhou Zirong's smile froze immediately, and the atmosphere fell into an awkward silence.

The commander-in-chief of the first army asked my old lady to come to her door in person again and again, babbling like urging schoolchildren to return early. Although there was nothing wrong with the reason, it was still a bit embarrassing.

Zhou Zirong's face was already a little uneasy. When Luo Chi was asked to pass the message, Zhou Zirong went back and politely signaled her not to find her in the barracks in the future. It turned out that this time was good, and he didn't even look for his confidantes. Waiting in front of the door.

The deputy general was like seeing some rare spectacle, seeing a crack appear on Zhou Zirong's unmoving face for thousands of years, and it was rare to dodge his usually gentle and firm eyes, and he forced a dry smile twice. Excuse me, and said firmly: "Just say that I have something important to do during the day, and I will go back at night."

"Understood." The deputy general grinned contentedly, which made Zhou Zirong blush even more. After finally watching the deputy general get down the tower, Zhou Zirong heaved a sigh of relief.

There is really no one to worry about.

Zhou Zirong shook his head with a helpless smile, and looked at the vast East China Sea beyond the tower. The sky was as blue as if it had been washed by water.

He thought, there is indeed such a person who hasn't visited for a long time.

Zhou Zirong came down from Yanguan, took a look at the school grounds, and left the Donghai camp ahead of time.He didn't like to bring guards with him on weekdays, so he passed a small sedan chair, took a shortcut along the narrow alley beside the main street, and arrived in front of Zeng Fenglei's commander-in-chief's mansion not long after.

There are Haiding Temples built along the official roads in the East China Sea. Ordinary people used to go there to worship before going to sea, but if Zhou Zirong and Dong Sheng wanted to catch up with Mr. Zeng, they would still come to the former mansion.

The main hall originally used to receive guests was converted into a small ancestral hall, and Zeng Fenglei's altar was enshrined on the altar table in the center.

Zhou Zirong took off the knife pinned to his waist and leaned gently against the door.No one has been to this ancestral hall for a long time, and everything has been covered with dust.General Zeng had no wife and no children, and Dong Sheng was forcibly taken away by the empress back then. In the end, there was no one to dress him in mourning.

Zhou Zirong walked to the altar, took three sticks of incense from the drawer, and lit them with spiritual power on his fingertips. Seeing that the sparks started to burn slowly, he blew lightly, and a few wisps of green smoke drifted away. rise up.

He flicked the incense ashes, inserted three sticks of incense into the incense burner, which was almost the size of a hedgehog, and took out a white handkerchief from his skirt to wipe the dust in the alcove.

The wispy blue smoke was tactful, reflecting in Zhou Zirong's eyes like fog, making his expression even more unclear.While wiping, he said quietly: "General, Hua Xu has fought a lot these days, and A Sheng and I are both busy at the front line, so we missed your memorial day, so I hope you are still old... ..."

"A Sheng was taught by you, and now he is not even a weak crown, and he can support the entire northern border by himself," Zhou Zirong murmured to himself, "You are really good at teaching, and you are better than me. It’s time for a lot of work.”

"But to tell you what you don't like to hear, instead of fighting everywhere like this, I hope he can live a good life and live his life in peace."

"I also know that he can't help it. He is the prince."

As soon as Dongsheng was mentioned, Zhou Zirong couldn't help but feel an unspeakable sadness from the bottom of his heart. The kind of small thoughts that are not humane have been suppressed for a long time, but in this place where no one is around It swelled up quickly like adding yeast, as if it was going to fill his entire chest cavity.

Those teasing and hugs that seemed to be intentional or unintentional are now indistinguishable from each other in his mind, and he forgot who provoked them first. Haunted in my mind.

In good conscience, it's not that he hasn't thought about it.

Zhou Zirong's hand froze for a while, but immediately returned to normal. He wiped the outermost layer in two or three strokes, then shook the white handkerchief that had turned from white to black, rubbed it and put it away again.

He stared blankly at Zeng Fenglei's coffin, and couldn't help thinking:

If you knew what I was thinking, would you blame me?

He stunned for a while without saying a word, finally sighed, and murmured: "No matter what, as long as I live for a day, I will try my best to take care of him."

After Zhou Zirong finished speaking, he stared blankly at the coffin for a while, and finally bowed down and bowed three times: "I will bring him to see you when the battle in northern Xinjiang is over."

By the time he walked out of the ancestral hall, it was already getting late, and the more colorful setting sun shone down from the tile eaves of the courtyard wall, illuminating the entire courtyard.The night wind is getting colder and colder, and the plum blossoms in the yard should bloom in a month or two.

The coolness permeated the air silently, and the Xuantian Rising Sun engraved pattern on Zhou Zirong's shoulder armor seemed to be covered with a layer of cold light. He let out a breath of white air casually, and suddenly felt even colder.

He hissed, the cold armor was only attached to his body through a layer of single clothes, and it became more and more unbearable at night.

Time to go back.

He came out of the commander's mansion, locked the door with a key, and planned to take a shortcut back through the alley.

The sky was getting darker, and even the shadows gradually became blurred.

As he was walking, his feet suddenly stopped, and he suddenly turned around unexpectedly.

A cold light struck fiercely.

[The author has something to say: Zi Rong sees the father-in-law... Cough cough, that's the same sentence, I hope everyone can tell me your views on this article... Characters, plots, settings, whatever... I beg you big brothers...]