Great General [Rebirth]

Seeing Ruan Yan came back, Zhao Yongzhou threw aside the book that he hadn't read much and stood up. He noticed blood stains on Ruan Yan's blue sleeves.

"What's going on?" Zhao Yongzhou asked in a low voice, the slight trill in his voice revealed his uneasiness.

"There is indeed a problem with the Heguan. It is currently controlled by three men on the black market, but it is actually related to the largest secret organization in the south of the Yangtze River, 'Yueyue'." Today's behavior has attracted their attention, according to the opinion of this servant, let's not intervene in this matter for the time being, and when we return to the capital, I ask your lord to make the decision."

Zhao Yongzhou frowned, his tiger eyes were dark and deep: "My lord is in charge? You can't handle such a small matter well, why do you need to alarm your lord?"

He is angry.Ziqing, who was hiding behind the painted wall, could feel that Bai'er was angry.The woman didn't speak, and after a while, Bai'er seemed to know she was wrong, and said, "Ruan Yan, are you hurt?"

The woman glanced down at her sleeve, and quickly frowned, as if disgusted.

Douzi, who had been silent since he entered the room, finally waited for the opportunity. He raised his head, shrunk his neck, his eyes sparkled, "The girl is really amazing, two..."

Ruan Yan suddenly turned his head and gave Douzi a cold look, Douzi fell silent and lowered his head.

"It's not the blood of your servant." Ruan Yan said with a smile, "If you feel sorry for your servant, you should listen to your advice. Your servant is not afraid of anything, except that the sky is far away from the emperor. If anything happens to you, what will your lord do?" , the servant can only apologize with death."

Zhao Yongzhou waved his hand, "Forget it, you go to rest. We will set off for Beijing as soon as tomorrow is over."

Ziqing saw the woman bowed to Douzi and left. He sat on the edge of the bed and lay down in the dark.After a while, Zhao Yongzhou came in.

"Ziqing, are you asleep?" He said in a low voice.

Ziqing sat up, stretched out his hand to grab the hand of the person in the dark, and lay down under the blanket with a cool body.

"I remember one time when you were sick and your body had a fever, I hugged you like this... In the blink of an eye, you have grown so big." Ziqing murmured softly, leaning on her thick back.

Zhao Yongzhou didn't say a word, he still had a lot of things to do tomorrow, so he quickly fell into a sleep.

Ziqing rarely sleeps, and he is overjoyed to meet again after a long absence.In the middle of the night, he suddenly felt a chill on his back, which made him very uncomfortable.This feeling is like... It's like a pair of eyes staring at this place in the dark, like a light on the back.He was a little scared, but Bai'er didn't notice it, and slept very deeply.Ziqing put away the corner of the quilt and hid in the depths of the quilt.

It took about a quarter of an hour before the eyes seemed to disappear.

It was only early in the morning, and the Zhang Mansion was busy with beating gongs and drums.Ziqing woke up in a daze, the bed beside her was still hot, and Bai'er had already gone to the outside room.He glanced at Yuan An, who turned over and was still awake.

Through the hollowed-out wooden windows, you can see the branches and branches of the trees with red lanterns hanging in the yard outside. The sky is still dark, but the servants and maids come and go, busy without touching the ground.Ziqing stood by the window and took a breath, the cool air penetrated into the lungs, driving away the night's miasma.

At this moment, he suddenly felt it again. Although those eyes didn't look at him, he still felt very uncomfortable.

He heard Bai'er's voice outside, "Come in."

The door of the room was gently pushed open, and the girl Ruan from last night led the maids and servants carrying toiletries to enter in a row, waiting for the general to get up early.

Ziqing pondered for a while, but still didn't go out.Sitting quietly in the room until Bai'er went out.Not long after, it was daylight, and someone came in to greet them, but it was Douzi who came.

"Master Ziqing, the general asked you to eat in front." Dou Zi was full of joy, even wearing new clothes.Probably the joyful atmosphere in this mansion also infected Ziqing, and even he smiled naturally.

But he still hesitated, turned to look at the bed, and found that Yan'an had also woken up.Ziqing said, "Let's not go."

With their identities, sitting on the table wouldn't embarrass Bai'er.

Douzi looked at Yan An, "I can't answer like this."

"Just say that I'm not healthy, and Ziqing wants to take care of me." Yan'an said, "Let them bring all the food to the house, or else it's fine."

"Okay then." Douzi went out, and not long after, two or three servants came into the house with food and waited for them to get up.Ziqing looked a little dull, but generally there was nothing wrong with it.After dinner, when there were only two people left, Yan An asked him, "What's wrong with you?"

Ziqing shook his head and refused to speak.

Having been with him for many years, Yan An knew what he was thinking, "Do you feel that he is no longer as close to you as before?"

Ziqing didn't speak, just stared at his fingers.

Yan An said: "Four years can change a lot of things, but the more you change, the more pain you experience. If you and I are like this, let alone he is on that battlefield? He can do what he is doing to us now. , is enough to show that he is a man of love and righteousness, so why should you make things difficult for him."

"How could I make things difficult for him." Ziqing said eagerly, "I...I just..."

Yan An frowned, his autumn-like eyes were three-pointed sad and seven-pointed desolate.

"Ziqing, it's a different situation and life for us to go to the capital. It's not for me to say these words, but only I know your thoughts. I still advise you, don't expect things that should not be extravagant. Touch it. Do you remember what Master once warned? We are walking on the single-plank road in the world, hell and heaven are separated on both sides, and becoming a demon and becoming a Buddha is within a single thought."

Ziqing was crying and clutching his clothes tightly with his fingers. After a while, he said, "Don't worry. Even if I die, I won't do anything to hurt him."

Seeing his determination, Yan An was afraid that he would think wildly and do something stupid, so he laughed and teased him: "What you have prayed for in the past two years of worshiping Buddha and chanting scriptures day and night is that he can come back safely and always be by your side? Now this dream , it’s been realized, isn’t it?”

Ziqing smiled and nodded, "My life is considered complete."

On this day, all the county magistrates, country gentry and local tyrants from Sanqing County were present, and even Tanglai City had gentry rushing over. On the surface, it was to save Zhang Yuming, but in fact they all came for General Baihu.It was talking about the branch children of the Bai family in Lingnan. Most of the people present were Bai Wu's former benefactors, and they knew what was going on at a glance.The emperor's imperial edict has been issued, and Prince Chen covered the sky with one hand, even if Bai Wu is the prince, no one would dare to say no.No one present dared to tell the truth, and no one was willing to tell the truth.No matter how high-status benefactors they were before, how many times they had wine with him, now these people salute and say hello to Zhao Yongzhou with smiles, they are all good people, not talking about the past, only talking about the future.

"General Bai is such a talented person." "Young talents are awesome for future generations."

And so on, too lazy to enumerate.Zhao Yongzhou sat in a high seat, with tiger eyes and pale face, he was imposing, holding wine with his lips bent.If the visitor is of some rank, he will nod and drink with him.There are also those who want to take the opportunity to cling to those who have never met before, so they smile at them without embarrassing.Zhang Yuming earned enough face, and the guests also had a good time, which is suitable for both the host and the guest.

When worshiping the high hall, Bai Shi and Bai Changhan sat on one side, and Zhang Yuming sat on the other side. After the newcomers bowed, they also specially bowed to Zhao Yongzhou.Zhang Tuxiao offered tea, Zhao Yongzhou took it and drank it, the Zhang family breathed a sigh of relief.

Amidst the din of gongs and drums, the ceremony was completed and sent to the bridal chamber.

Zhang Yuming and Zhao Yongzhou talked in detail for half the night in the room. At the end, Zhang Yuming took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it over.

"This man is a friend I met when I was in Beijing. Although he has a small official position, he has connections in all directions and has many means. On the surface, he is smooth and neutral, but in fact he is also a person who values ​​affection and justice. The old man treated him a little bit back then. After the general returns, he can keep this person under his command, which will definitely help the great cause."

Zhao Yongzhou took the envelope and held it as if it contained a hard object. When he opened it, he found that it was half a broken stone.Inside is a piece of paper, on which is written: Brother Zhou Chen.Just four words, written by Zhang Yuming.Zhao Yongzhou nodded and put the letter away.

"Master Lao Zhang, please worry."

Zhang Yuming sighed suddenly, and said in a low voice as if inadvertently: "Time is really ruthless, and the relationship between you and me will only end up so unfamiliar."

Zhao Yongzhou heard it, but he didn't care, he just bent his lips and smiled, "It's just the past, whether it's back then or today. In my eyes, Mr. Zhang can be regarded as a loving person. To me, to Yan'an, What should be done and what should not be done, Mr. Zhang has done his best. For this, I sincerely thank Mr. Zhang."

When he mentioned Yan'an, Zhang Yuming's expression became more different. He was moved for a long time, but in the end he just waved his hands and kept silent.

"Don't go to see him anymore?" Zhao Yongzhou asked, "He will go to the capital with me tomorrow morning. In this lifetime, no matter whether he lives or dies, he will never come back again."

Zhang Yuming shook his head.

"I think he wants to see you." Zhao Yongzhou smiled self-deprecatingly, as if smiling at himself. "Have you nothing to say to him?"

Zhang Yuming was silent for a while, then said desolately: "He is a poor man, I have betrayed him, and I can't help him. You... just treat him well."

Zhao Yongzhou only vaguely knew about Yan'an's past.Yan An was originally a young lady in Tanglai City, and was also very popular at the time, but he was stubborn and offended someone, so he was sent to a remote place like Sanqing County.When he arrived at Heguan, Liu Bust was also polite to him, Yan'an's life seemed to be going well, at least he was good looking, well-known, some guests liked him, so he was respected more than other young men.But Zhao Yongzhou knew that Yan An would not like to live that kind of life.If he is a person who is content with pleasure, he will just get out of this world, and he will pass his whole life of being muddled.He is also stubborn, unwilling to admit defeat, unwilling to compromise, and wants to find his own pure land, but has no way.

In Zhao Yongzhou's memory, Yan'an never smiled sincerely at any guest, he was always sleepy, or the obvious perfunctory between his brows, except for Zhang Yuming.Even in the years when Bai Wu's fame prevailed, the people in Heguan knew that Zhang Yuming's favorite young master was still Yan'an.Zhao Yongzhou could vaguely see that Zhang Yuming admired Yan An very much.As for the later dialogue with Bai Wu, it is also a somewhat 'shadow' of An An in Bai Wu, stubborn, unyielding, and uncompromising.

It's just that Bai Wu dared to break the boat and die, and death is not a pity.And Yan'an's resistance was so unreasonable and helpless, he had resisted for more than ten years, but he was still just walking in hell.

And what about Yanan?Zhao Yongzhou thought about it, Zhang Yuming's relationship with Yan'an was probably like Feng Buran's own self.The distance between them is too far, there is no hope in this life, only hope for the next life.

When Zhao Yongzhou brought Zhang Yuming's last words to Yan'an, he was already on the waterway to the capital.

The boat was ups and downs on the sea, and Yan An was seasick. He just vomited once, rinsed his mouth with the water from Ziqing, and leaned weakly against the head of the bed.Hearing that he was silent, he was stunned for a while, his eyes were like two pools of quiet flowing water, shimmering, silent, and after a long while, two tears welled up.

"He didn't apologize to me..." Yan An cried and said, "He treats me very well, it's me, I'm not worthy of him."

Zhao Yongzhou didn't quite understand Zhang Yuming. He used to think that he was very refined and funny. In terms of character and appearance, he was rare among the benefactors.He didn't think Zhang Yuming was so infatuated, but he had never seen Yan'an crying.With Yan An like this, probably Zhang Yuming is really good.