Better to live forever [Rebirth]

People are in good spirits on happy occasions, and a trouble is solved. Zhu Dingbei sleeps extraordinarily soundly at night, and looks radiant the next day.

When he arrived at the school, Ning Heng sat down and read the thick medical book as usual.He was watching so intently that Zhu Dingbei didn't even hear him coming in, until Zhu Dingbei unexpectedly went around behind him and patted his shoulder hard, then he raised his head a little slowly.

"what."

Seeing his ignorant eyes, Zhu Dingbei was amazed: "Master Changxin's eyes are dull and his face is tired, but he went sneaking around last night? What good things did you get, can I have a share?"

Ning Heng rubbed his forehead and smiled at him: "I slept late last night."

"When I was teaching me a lesson, I was so vague to myself." Zhu Dingbei pulled his hand off and covered his eyes with his warm palm: "The eyes are all red and still staring at this precious book." Don't let it go, let's take a break."

With Ning Heng covering his eyes, he raised his head and smiled at him, the dimples on his cheeks made people unable to help but stare twice more.

Zhu Dingbei was even happier when he saw it, "I'll eat first, and you sleep on your stomach for a while."

He took out a box of candied snacks from Ning Heng's book basket—since Qin Xi and Lou Anning had become a habit of grabbing food, Ning Heng's sleeves could no longer hold the rations of these half-grown teenagers.

Ning Heng really fell asleep on his stomach, and Zhu Dingbei ate to his heart's content. Seeing that there was no one to speak, he simply looked at the page of the medical book Ning Heng was reading. Seeing that it was blindly poisonous, he couldn't help sighing inwardly: "Marquis of Changxin!" Grandpa really dabbles in a wide range.

This poison has peculiar medicinal properties, Zhu Dingbei looked at the detailed explanation and formula with great interest, and the time passed quickly.

When the third person stepped into the school hall, Ning Heng straightened up. Although his eyes were still tired, his posture was correct, and he was not at all as loose and relaxed as he was when he faced Zhu Dingbei just now.

Two days later will be the Double Ninth Festival. Although the students of Guozixue have heavy schoolwork, they will strike an hour earlier in the afternoon of this day.

Qin Xi then asked them: "In the past, I spent the Chongyang Festival at Grandpa's Mansion, but this year I have time to spare. Do any of you climb White Horse Mountain with me?"

Lou Anning was surprised: "Where are the people from the Qin Mansion? On Chongyang Day, Grandpa and I will go to the temple to burn incense and stay there for one night."

After the Double Ninth Festival of Ninety-Nine, it was the first holiday in September. At this time in previous years, Lou Shangshu's family of three would not go climbing to plant dogwood, but would go to the temple to pay homage.Although the brothers of the Lou family don't know the reason for this rule of the Lou family, but after all these years, it has not been changed.

Zhu Dingbei and Jia Jiaming also said that they have arrangements at home.

Qin Xi had no choice but to say that on Chongyang Day, all the elders in his family were on duty, and his grandmother and mother were not free. If he stayed at home, he would definitely take care of his younger siblings and play, so he only wanted to run out.

Immediately, he remembered and asked Ning Heng, "Where is Ah Heng? We left early on Chongyang Day, why don't you go to Baima Mountain with me?"

Ning Heng shook his head and didn't say a reason for his refusal.

In the evening, Ning Heng stepped onto the frame of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion before Zhu Dingbei.Zhu Dingbei was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly jumped into the carriage, and said strangely: "The Marquis of Changxin didn't sit in the big carriage, but condescended to come to my small temple, what's the matter?"

He was grinning, Ning Heng looked up at him, then lowered his head and said: "On the day of Chongyang, I will enter the palace to accompany the queen mother, and I will leave the palace after the rest period."

"Oh."

Zhu Dingbei was not surprised.

He raised his eyebrows and waited for Ning Heng's next words, but after watching him for a long time, Ning Heng closed his eyes and breathed evenly, as if he had fallen asleep.

He was surprised, but he didn't bother the other party.

Until he heard the sound of the carriage changing lanes, he opened the curtain and looked out. The carriage of Changxinhou Mansion before the carriages and horses of Zhenbeihou Mansion turned a corner, and walked into the side road to the direction of Changxinhou Mansion.

Only then did he push Ning Heng, "Ah Heng, your carriage..."

Ning Heng grabbed his hand, bent down and lay on his knees, and said in a muffled voice, "I'm going to the Zhenbei Hou Mansion to disturb you for one night, okay?"

It was only then that Zhu Dingbei realized that the lack of energy and silence of Master Changxin all day was not due to not sleeping well last night, but because of his bad mood.If a friend is in trouble, Zhu Dingbei will certainly not refuse such a trivial matter.Moreover, Ning Heng let the carriage of Changxinhou Mansion go back to the mansion as usual, obviously because he didn't want others to know that he was going to his house.

Zhu Dingbei thoughtfully raised his head on his shoulders—with their height difference, Ning Heng, who had been timid in the pony carriage, would bend over his knees and feel uncomfortable just looking at him.Patting Ning Heng's head, Zhu Dingbei said righteously: "You sleep in your bed, and I will call you when we arrive."

"it is good."

Ning Heng laughed, and soon became quiet again.

After seeing the old Hou Ye and the old lady, Ning Heng was in the same state as before. He answered every sentence of the old lady's questions carefully, and from time to time he also said a few words to echo the conversation between Zhu Dingbei's grandfather and grandson. It's fun.

After returning to Zhu Dingbei's small courtyard, Ning Heng relaxed his body, wiped his face and burned his feet early, changed his clothes, and lay down on the bed.

Zhu Dingbei also followed him and lay down beside him, making Shuisheng stand back and guard the door. He asked in a low voice, "Ah Heng, are you in trouble?"

Zhu Dingbei thought for a long time, but he didn't think of what could bother Ning Heng, and what would make Ning Heng care so much, so he asked.

Ning Heng opened his eyes and looked at him. The candles in the room had already been extinguished, and the moonlight was blocked by the window paper and became blurred and weak. He could barely see Zhu Dingbei's soft outline and sparkling eyes.After only one glance, Ning Heng closed his eyes again, and did not answer Zhu Dingbei's question.

Zhu Dingbei pushed him, "What can't you say to me? Although it may not be helpful, at least there is one more person who can give you advice. Don't be embarrassed to say it."

Ning Heng turned his back to Zhu Dingbei, remained silent for a while, and his plain voice sounded in the room.

Ning Heng: "Longsheng, if there is a person who only has one confidant in his life, treat each other honestly, do everything personally, and be intimate with each other. But, if one day, one of them is no longer intimate at noon, and no longer talks about everything. What should you do?" ? Can you tell me why?"

Zhu Dingbei: "..."

Zhu Dingbei's smiling face froze, completely unexpected that Ning Heng was so keenly aware of his alienation - obviously, he did it so quietly.

His mouth was dry, but for a moment he didn't know how to answer Ning Heng's question.

Ning Heng didn't seem to want him to answer either, so he paused and said, "I learned something today, it's about you, would you like to hear it?"

Zhu Dingbei: "..."

He has never been able to speak anything for a while as his tongue and teeth fight like now.

Ning Heng waited for a while, but he didn't see his answer, nor did he hear any other actions, so he turned back, faced Zhu Dingbei, and asked him, "Changsheng, would you like to listen?"

Zhu Dingbei's eyes, which had adapted to the darkness, vaguely saw his serious expression, he was stunned for a moment, and he pulled the corner of his mouth helplessly and pulled out an ugly smile.

He said to Ning Heng: "I thought you would keep silent. Although we haven't known each other for long, we have a tacit understanding. I thought..."

You don't ask.

Ning Heng: "...I won't hurt you and Zhenbeihou Mansion, Changsheng, I won't."

He understood that it was Old Hou Ye and Chang Sheng who had explained their interests and made him keep a distance from him like all the smart people in Beijing.

But he didn't want, he didn't want Zhu Dingbei to go to the same safe place as the Lou brothers and Qin Xi.

Zhu Dingbei shook his head, "I'm afraid I'll hurt you."

In front of Emperor Zhenyuan, the Zhu family had a lot of debts, so they didn't have such serious worries.But Ning Heng is different. The Marquis of Changxin is relied on by His Majesty. Ning Heng is young and not a threat, but he is also loved by Emperor Zhenyuan. Heng is under a dangerous wall.

Ning Heng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly raised his hand to grope Zhu Dingbei's face carefully in the dark, as if he wanted to find out what kind of expression he had at this moment.

He said softly: "I know how to protect myself, and I can protect myself."

What a perceptive and intelligent person Ning Heng is, he only listened to Zhu Dingbei's words, and he thought through the cause and effect.

Zhu Dingbei was thinking of him, and he was unwilling to involve right and wrong on him.But the other party didn't know that since he took his matter to heart, he lived a fulfilling and beautiful life every day.

Ning Heng is not afraid, and will not let himself go to the situation that Zhu Dingbei is worried about.

Zhu Dingbei shook his head, pulled his hand covering his face, and said helplessly, "Is it the king of the world, the power in that person's hands is not something we can resist. Ah Heng, you have to keep his majesty at all times." Take it to heart, don't be unscrupulous just because there is a way out."

Zhu's army held half of Dajing's military power, and he was originally because no matter how the old emperor dealt with Zhu's family, they would lead their troops to kill a bloody road.At worst, I will go back to the fields and forests, and I will no longer be a military officer of Dajing.

It was only later that he realized how naive such thoughts were.

But what people think of as a back road is often vulnerable in the eyes of others.

At such a young age, Ning Heng wields so much power and wealth, and stands so tall. If he can't just get closer to the royal family, how can he stand firmly at the pinnacle, which is only the size of a palm?

As for the self-protection that Ning Heng said...he couldn't believe that Ning Heng really had a way out.

Zhu Dingbei sighed: "At first you won't get used to it, but we are still together all the time, just don't talk about some annoying things. Have you forgotten, that day at Lou's house, I said, I want to be a playboy , and you have to be a wealthy and idle person. This is the most appropriate way now."

Ning Heng pursed his lips tightly and remained silent.

Just when Zhu Dingbei thought he would stop talking, he suddenly heard him say: "Changsheng, you trust me."

Zhu Dingbei: "..."

This kid is really not ordinary stubborn.

"Of course I believe you." Zhu Dingbei laughed, "My trust in you has never changed, and it has nothing to do with whether you can do me any favors."

Ning Heng pressed Zhu Dingbei, who was lying on his stomach with his hands propped up, on the bed, turned his body so that he lay flat like himself, and leaned on his arms and said, "I have a sense of proportion. The Ning family also has news business, and so does the royal family." One of the buyers. I won't do anything to me just because I said a few more words. Besides..."

I won't let him know what I said.

Zhu Dingbei was stunned, "Selling news?"

"Well. As long as you can pay the price, it is His Majesty's secret, and it can be a deal."

"……for example?"

Zhu Dingbei was not afraid of death to ask a question.

Ning Heng laughed, but replied obediently: "The one your Majesty the Emperor once asked the late Emperor to marry was a male wife."

"!!!"

Zhu Dingbei almost didn't jump up!

Taking a deep breath, Zhu Dingbei took a long time to find his voice.

He said embarrassingly, "I can't afford this price."

Ning Heng patted his still-shocked chest, and said in a low voice, "Ning's mansion has a lot of money, and I don't lack money for your news."

Zhu Dingbei squeezed Ning Heng's hand fiercely, and said after a while, "I lack everything."

Be it news or money.

"I know."

Ning Heng didn't complain of pain, the bones of his hand almost shrank, and his tone was still smiling: "The cloud pendant I gave you is enough for you to buy news from me for a lifetime."

Zhu Dingbei: "..."

Thinking: Where did Shui Sheng receive that jade pendant? !Must find out and wear, must!

Ning Heng leaned into Zhu Dingbei's ear and asked him in a low voice:

"Here is a piece of news, would you like to hear it?"

This was the third time he had asked himself that question tonight.

Zhu Dingbei turned his head, and seemed to see Ning Heng's warm gaze in the darkness, which made people unable to bear to refuse.

So, he nodded in agreement.