Ten thousand people think gloom is reborn

I don't know whether it's due to staying in Lin's house for the past few years, making my body delicate, or because the wound on the sole of my foot hurts unbearably. I lay on the ground and couldn't fall asleep for a long time.The floor tiles were cold, and all I had was a spring shirt, which couldn't keep out the cold.

Watching Lin Chongtan from the sidelines, he was sleeping soundly without any movement.After struggling for another half an hour, I tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, when Lin Chongtan's voice suddenly sounded.

"Come and sleep." He opened his eyes and looked at me.

I didn't move.

He said helplessly: "Tomorrow we have to hurry. If you are too cold to walk, I will leave you here and go find the barracks by yourself."

Hearing this, I quickly got up from the ground, I can't be left here alone.Here in the wild mountains and mountains, no one will know if I die.And if I die, I will win Lin Chongtan's heart. He already occupied the position of the second young master of my Lin family. Once I die, he will be justified.

I limped over to him and struggled a bit before lying down next to him.When I was young, I slept on the same bed with Fan Wu, but that was all when I was a child. When I was a little older, I slept next to each other on a single plank bed, and I never shared a bed with anyone when I entered the Lin family.

I'm not sleeping in the same bed now, but I'm sleeping with my sworn enemy.The faint scent of incense from his body was sent into my nostrils again.I lay there stiffly, but Lin Chongtan didn't care, he stretched out his hand and put me in his arms, noticing my struggle, he said casually: "Don't sleep anymore, it's going to be dawn."

I still wanted to struggle, but the warmth in Lin Chongtan's arms made me unable to get closer.In the end, I fell asleep in his arms unknowingly accompanied by the sound of rain. When I woke up, it was already bright and the rainstorm had stopped.

Lin Chongtan hadn't woken up yet, I wanted to sit up, when I suddenly caught a glimpse of the corner of the brochure protruding from his arms.It was the pamphlet he usually read in the carriage, and he actually took it with him when he fled.Is it really a question of the Taixue Entrance Examination?

I raised my eyes and stared at Lin Chongtan's face for a moment, then reached for the booklet, because I was afraid of being discovered by him, I held my breath.I finally pulled out the booklet, and I opened it cautiously, but the content inside disappointed me. It was not an exam question at all, but a handbook of customs and customs along the way.

I shoved the booklet back in embarrassment, almost as soon as I put it back, Lin Chongtan opened his eyes, I was so scared that I didn't dare to move at all, for fear that he would find me peeking at his things.But he didn't seem to notice it at all. He sat up and looked outside the temple.

Sunshine came in through the broken window, he pursed his lips and sat quietly for a while, then looked down at me, "Go wash up, we should go."

Because my feet are still not healed, Lin Chongtan is carrying me forward again today.It rained heavily last night, and today's mountain road is even more difficult. I was afraid that Lin Chongtan would leave me all the way, so I hugged his neck tightly with both hands.

Lin Chongtan didn't seem to like it, turned his head to look at me several times, and then said: "Xiao Di, you are hugging too tightly, can you relax?"

I lowered my eyes and let go of my hands slightly, but it didn't take long for me to go back to my old ways.

In the afternoon, we finally saw the barracks.

The people in the barracks were practicing, Lin Chongtan put me down, asked me to stay where I was for a while, and went to the barracks by myself.After a cup of tea, he returned with a cloak.There are several soldiers who came back with him.

One of them was wearing armor and looked majestic, like a general.

Lin Chongtan walked up to me, put the cloak on me, turned around and said to the people behind him: "General Song, this is my younger brother."

That General Song didn't look very old, but he had a murderous look on his brows, and he glanced at my face with calm eyes.

I have never met such a murderous person, and I couldn't help but take a step back. Because of this step, my injured foot accidentally stepped on the stone, and I immediately bit my lip in pain.

But because of this small gesture, General Song laughed, "Your brother is really delicate."

When we first met, he satirized me like this. Although I have heard too many belittling words, this is the first time I have been called delicate.I wanted to refute, but seeing the other person's face, I could only hold back my words.

If this general punches me, I reckon I will go to see Hades.

"He has never traveled far, so it is not easy to encounter such a calamity." Lin Chongtan helped me explain, and General Song even sneered.

"Oh? You just told me that it's also your first time to travel far. How can you carry him for so many miles?"

I don't know where I offended General Song, he was extremely rude to me, on the contrary, his attitude towards Lin Chongtan was obviously appreciative, even his words were much gentler.

I was overwhelmed by Lin Chongtan at home, but now outside, the situation is the same.

I was in a depressed mood, lowered my head and picked my clothes with my fingers at a loss.

"Tell me a few words and you're going to cry?" General Song said again.

I wanted to answer that I didn't cry, Lin Chongtan cut off the conversation first, "I'm laughing at the general, my brother's foot is still injured, can I take him in to treat the wound first?"

General Song finally let me go, he put us in the barracks, and then he led people to find the bandits.

It turns out that General Song has long been displeased with bandits killing and plundering, but it is under the jurisdiction of the sixteen guards, and he has no control over them, but now those who have been robbed by bandits are begging him to come, and they are still from the Lin family. How can I ignore it, just take this opportunity to send troops to suppress the bandits.

My father lives in Gusu, and my third uncle is an official in the capital.The third uncle and his father were not born of the same mother. The third uncle's mother was the dowry maid of the father and mother. Later, because the grandmother was pregnant, the third uncle's mother was carried into a concubine.

The third uncle has worked hard since he was a child, and now he is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry.Because we arrived at the barracks late, General Song sent someone to deliver a letter to Third Uncle, and Third Uncle's people would arrive early tomorrow morning to take us back home, so tonight we will rest in the barracks for the night.

There are many people in the barracks, and Lin Chongtan and I were assigned to a tent.At night, soldiers helped to bring water for us to bathe.Ever since I lived in Lin's house, I was afraid that others would smell unclean from me, so I had to take a bath every day.

When it comes to bathing, because my husband has black skin, my mother gave me many maintenance prescriptions, but they are actually used by girls.

But I wanted to look like the young master of the Lin family, so I endured the shame and used those prescriptions day after day, even adding milk to the bath water every day.

"You wash first." Lin Chongtan said to me after seeing off the soldiers.

I haven't showered for two days, and I didn't care about politeness, so I nodded and walked slowly to the bucket.The tents we were given were crude, without even a screen to cover them, but it was a great fortune for the barracks to take us in, and I dare not ask for too much.

I looked at Lin Chongtan a few times, and found that he was sitting at the table with his back to me, so I was a little relieved and prepared to take a bath.The wound on the foot has been treated briefly by the military doctor, who said that the wound should not touch the water, so I put the injured foot on the bench instead of entering the bathtub, and rinsed my body with water from a wooden spoon.

The hot water was steaming white, and I scrubbed my body carefully until my skin became red before I put on clean clothes.

I don’t know which soldier’s clothes belonged to. After I put them on, I found that they were much bigger. The waistband of the trousers was tied tightly, and there was still a tendency to slip down. I had to hold on to the waistband with one hand, and went back to the bed in embarrassment.

"I've finished washing." I said to Lin Chongtan.

Lin Chongtan still turned his back to me. Hearing what I said, he got up and walked towards the bathtub.When I saw him, I started to take off my clothes, and I couldn't help being surprised, "Don't you ask someone to change the water?"

"This is a barracks. These soldiers may not take a bath in ten or eight days. The two of us stay here temporarily. If people burn two buckets of water continuously, we may cause complaints." Lin Chongtan's clothes were already taken off during his words. .I caught a glimpse of his jade-colored bare back and turned away quickly.

Because of Lin Chongtan's words, I looked at the baggy clothes on my body, and it was hard for me to open my mouth and say that I wanted to change into something smaller.

At night, Lin Chongtan and I slept together again, but there were two quilts, so we didn't have to be as close as yesterday.

It was quiet outside the tent, with the occasional sound of patrolling footsteps.I was exhausted physically and mentally, and soon fell asleep.When he woke up again, he was awakened by the sound.

"The person who came to pick you up is here."

The voice was particularly loud, and I opened my eyes in a daze, and I still couldn't react. I was stunned by the sunlight coming in from outside the tent and squinted my eyes for a while.It turned out that General Song was the one who opened our curtains. He didn't see the outside, rushed in without even saying hello, and looked at us with a strange expression at this time.

I was about to sit up, but found that my posture was not right now.

I... I actually fell asleep in Lin Chongtan's arms again, sleeping in the same bed with him, with my face pressed against his neck, no wonder General Song had such a strange expression.

I quickly rolled to the side, and immediately found a worse thing - I was not wearing pants under the quilt.

I glanced at Lin Chongtan and found that he was awake, but he didn't get up. I'm afraid he also noticed that I didn't wear pants, so I was embarrassed to lift the quilt and get up in front of General Song.

I lay stiffly all over, while Lin Chongtan calmly said, "Thank you, General Song, and please trouble General Song to help call the servant of the Lin family over."

General Song looked at us both strangely, and then said "OK".

After General Song left, Lin Chongtan and I were the only ones left in the tent. He didn't look at me, and sat up sideways, showing me his back.I understood what he meant, and hurriedly found my missing pants.

I don't know how I slept last night, I just slept in the same bed with Lin Chongtan in a daze, and I left my pants in the original bed.I just put my pants on.The servant of the Lin family came over, and Lin Chongtan asked him to bring over two sets of clothes. When mentioning the clothes, Lin Chongtan specifically said, "One of the sets should be smaller."

I sat on the bed, my face couldn't help but feel hot.

Not only because of sleeping, but also because of his efforts to maintain his body, he is still much smaller than Lin Chongtan, and he is ashamed.

After we changed our clothes, because General Song was no longer in the barracks at this time, we got into the carriage sent by the third uncle without saying goodbye.

The third uncle is an official in the capital, the capital is expensive, and the mansion is not half as big as the main house of the Lin family.He has a son and two daughters under his knees. The son is four or five years younger than us and is still studying at home. The two daughters are similar to our age and are now seeing each other.

I am open to folk customs, and there is no rule that cousins ​​must avoid suspicion. The third uncle let us live in his house.

Living in someone else's house, I always feel a little uncomfortable, I want to go to say hello more, but my foot injury is not healed, Lin Chongtan told me not to walk around casually, he will explain to third uncle.

Liangji was rescued on the third day. The bandits only killed a few guards, and then took the rest of them to the mountain.Liangji was so hungry that he came back to eat and drink. Two days later, he looked at me who was recuperating in a chair, and asked abruptly, "Master Chun, don't you go out to play?"

"My foot injury is still not healed, how can I go out to play?" I said.

Liangji said: "But...but I just saw the second young master went out with two young ladies and young masters. It seems that he is going to Zuihualou to eat, what else to go..."

He racked his brains and finally remembered, "Go to the largest academy in the city, it is said that there are many talented people there."

I quickly sat up straight, "Is what you said true?"

"It's true! I heard it clearly. Miss Wantang also said that the third master will rest tomorrow, and tomorrow we can go to the Thousand Buddha Temple outside the city to worship."

Liangji's words made me feel very unhappy. These few days I stayed in my room to recover from my injuries, so I asked my third uncle and the others twice to say hello.Has the relationship between Lin Chongtan and the third uncle's family improved so quickly?

I asked Liangji to squat, and when I squatted, I asked Lin Chongtan to come over.

"Why don't you sleep so late?" Lin Chongtan opened the door curtain and came in after nightfall.

I sat on the chair and stared at him. He saw my expression clearly, paused for a moment, and asked, "Why are you angry again?"

again?

Why did he use the word "again"?

"Did you go out with your cousin, cousin?" I asked him.

He admitted it.

"You...why didn't you inform me? Why did you go out with them?" I said angrily, thinking that Lin Chongtan did it on purpose.

Lin Chongtan sat down on the chair to my left. He seemed a little tired, with tiredness in his eyes, "Your foot injury hasn't healed yet, wouldn't it be a pain to go out? When your foot is healed, it won't be too late to go out to play."

"You go to Thousand Buddha Temple tomorrow, and I will go too." I can't let Lin Chongtan act alone in front of third uncle and others, I am the serious young master of the Lin family.

Lin Chongtan was just an outsider, and they knew about these third uncles.

Lin Chongtan turned his head to look at me, and I continued to stare at him without avoiding it, but his expression was slightly cold, "It's up to you." He stood up and left.

His tone of voice to me was not good, and I felt that he was guilty of a guilty conscience and intentionally made me behave poorly in front of my third uncle's family.

The next day, I woke up early and prepared to go to Qianfo Temple.The third uncle's family knew that I was going too, and was a little surprised. The third aunt asked me: "Chundi, yesterday Tansheng said that your foot injury is not healed. Can you really go to the Thousand Buddha Temple today?"

Sure enough, Lin Chongtan did it on purpose.

"My foot is much better," I said.

The third uncle said: "Then let's go together."

On the way to Qianfo Temple, I, Lin Chongtan and my cousin took a carriage together. My cousin was not close to me, and only talked with Lin Chongtan. Lin Fu's nightmare reappeared here.

So I forcefully inserted the topic, trying to draw my cousin's attention to me, but for some reason, my cousin didn't like to talk to me, met my eyes a few times, and quickly turned away, I felt sad and looked more and more depressed.

When I arrived at the Thousand Buddha Temple, I, who was well-dressed, looked like a defeated chicken at this time, with no intention of fighting.

When I prayed to Buddha, I didn't go next to my cousins ​​and they walked around alone.During the fast meal, Lin Chongtan and the third uncle's family were in harmony again, and I was like an outsider, out of place.I was holding the porcelain chopsticks and watching, when suddenly Lin Chongtan gave me a spoonful of tofu with a public spoon, "This is delicious, try it."

The sudden concern stunned me a little. Before I could speak, the third aunt's voice sounded beside me, "Oh, Tan Sheng really loves my brother."

Lin Chongtan had been ignoring me all the time when he was in the carriage, but now he is pretending to be a big brother again.I was secretly angry, but since Third Uncle and the others were there, I could only nod obediently, "Thank you, Second Brother."

When I went back that day, my foot injury, which was almost healed, opened again. I couldn’t let Liangji call the doctor, so I could only bear the pain by myself. I don’t know if it was infected or the wind was blowing during the day. Can't move in bed.

Suddenly, I heard Liangji talking to someone.

My forehead seemed to be touched by something cool, because my body was too hot, so that cool thing was a treasure to me.I reached out and grabbed hold of it tightly, and rubbed my cheeks, hoping to reduce the discomfort on my body.

"Ah! Master Chun, this is..."

"It's okay, you go to the housekeeper and ask for a doctor. His cold air is entering his body, so it's impossible not to invite a doctor to see him."

"Then trouble the Second Young Master to sit here with Young Master Chun, and the servant will return right away. If the Second Young Master's hand hurts from being scratched, you can give this doll to Young Master Chun."

"what is this?"

"Master Chun made the doll himself. He likes it very much. He often puts it next to the pillow to sleep with."

The voice next to my ear continued. I thought it was noisy, so I told them not to talk.Sure enough, the room was suddenly quiet, I pressed my new treasure with my cheek, and fell asleep in a daze.

On the second day, as soon as I opened my eyes, I saw Liangji's big face, which made me shrink back into the bed in fright, and this action made me immediately realize that my back was sore and my head hurt.

Seeing me wake up, Liangji breathed a sigh of relief, "Master Chun, you finally woke up. If you don't wake up again, I'm going to call the doctor again."

"I'm sick?" I opened my mouth and found that my voice was also hoarse.

"That's right, Young Master Chun, you need to get well quickly, Taixue will start in a few days, you can't miss the time."

Liangji's words reminded me that I really shouldn't miss out on studying in the Imperial College, so I calmed down and stopped thinking about other things, except to say hello to my third uncle and aunt every day, and usually stay in my room and read.

Ten days later, I entered Taixue together with Lin Chongtan and other freshmen.