I hope to return to the country

Le Zhiyu is a lonely Yu of the former dynasty.

However, his "former dynasty" has been a long time ago. The old country of Chu has been dead for many years, and the dynasties have changed several times outside. At the same time, there are people like him.

But this does not prevent him from feeling that he is a talent since he was a child, and sooner or later he will dominate the country and ascend to the position of Ninth Five Supreme.

It's a pity that his mother, Mrs. Yang, doesn't support his emperor's dream.

As long as he can remember, he has been trapped in this peaceful corner of the Wuyou Valley, and he is not allowed to go out, and he is not allowed to read the books on the emperor's power. Leisurely days will do.

Of course he won't be obedient.

If he was not allowed to watch, he would secretly watch, and if he was not allowed to go out, he would let his two followers go out to search for new things outside, and tell him the secrets of the court when he came back.

As time went on, he became more and more dissatisfied, feeling like a dragon trapped in the shallows, completely unable to use his hands and feet.

Time to venture outside.

In order to become famous as a teacher, he also took great pains to steal Da Chu's heirloom jade seal from his mother, and held a ceremony for the new emperor's ascension to the throne at the edge of the peach blossom forest in the valley.

Although the enthronement ceremony was a bit crude, except for him as the emperor, there were only two servants who acted as "officials", but this did not affect his good mood at all.

"For the sake of our ancestors' foundation, I have decided to take on a great responsibility, vowing to restore Great Chu and revive the rivers and mountains!"

The following two followers, Su Yi and Su Er, who grew up with him since they were young, immediately winked at Shan Huanzai, and bowed their heads.

"Your Majesty is wise."

Le Zhiyu nodded in satisfaction, sat down on the "throne seat" made of two brocade pads, and hooked his fingers towards Su Yi.

"What happened to what I asked you to do?"

"Return to Your Majesty, everything is done."

Su Yi took out a cloth bag from his bosom, opened it, and handed him the scroll inside.

"This is the portrait of Lingxi General Ning Yuancheng."

Le Zhiyu was very solemn when he took the scroll, as if he was holding a key that opened his way to the restoration of the country.

In fact, he was right, Ning Yuancheng was the first step in his plan to restore the country.

Right now there is another round of dynasty change outside. Although the new king has ascended the throne, the current situation is still turbulent. As a border general with 20 troops in his hand, Ning Yuancheng has naturally become the target of all forces.

After all, when the new monarch raised his troops, he did not stop him, but he did not accept the recruitment either. This neutral attitude is very intriguing and fascinating.

Some people said that he wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and when the old dynasty fell and the new dynasty was not stable, he would take advantage of the situation and attack the capital to pick up a ready-made bargain.

Some people also said that he wanted to sit on the ground and raise the price, and blackmail the new king to give him greater rights and benefits. Maybe he can get a different surname Wang Dangdang for nothing...

There was a lot of criticism outside, but Ning Yuancheng remained silent, making it hard to figure out what his idea was.

Until the new king came down with an imperial decree, saying that he was required to go to Beijing to be crowned king, and a banquet was held to celebrate him.

Some wise people guessed that the new monarch was planning to play a game of releasing military power with a glass of wine. If there is no good banquet, Ning Yuancheng will definitely find an excuse to pretend to be sick.

However, what he never expected was that Ning Yuancheng accepted the order without a word, and really did not bring a single soldier, and sat alone on the guard of honor sent by the court to pick him up in Beijing to receive the title.

Just when everyone thought it was a certainty for him to enter Beijing, the guard of honor in his line was inexplicably attacked by bandits. Ning Yuancheng's whereabouts have been unknown since then, and now he has been missing for more than ten days.

"Little Lord······"

Su Yi just opened his head, saw Le Zhiyu's eyes sweeping over, and changed his words abruptly.

"Your Majesty, you said you were going to win over Ning Yuancheng, but he hasn't shown up for so long now, could he be dead?"

"will not."

Le Zhiyu narrowed his eyes and shook his head.

"Ning Yuancheng has experienced hundreds of battles. He is not afraid of thousands of troops. How many bandits will he be afraid of? Besides, the place where he was attacked is close to Zhenbei Pass, where Xinjun's soldiers and horses are stationed. Unless the bandits are captured Frustrated, how could it be possible to go there to rob the imperial guard of honor? There must be something tricky here, maybe it is Ning Yuan Cheng Jinchan's plan to escape."

"Oh."

Su Yi nodded suddenly.

"Your Majesty is still smart."

"But even the imperial court can't find him, so where should we go to find him?" Su Er asked again.

"According to my deduction, he should have quietly embarked on the return journey, and went back to Lingxi without anyone noticing."

Le Zhiyu opened the scroll in his hand and said: "In this way, the court will not be able to accuse him of resisting the edict and not obeying the order. Instead, he will be wronged. If he really wants to send someone to take over the military power in Lingxi, then the Ning family will The army will be able to reverse the name, so let's go directly to the only way back to Lingxi to find it."

"Oh."

As expected, Su Er and Su Yi are twin brothers, even the expressions and words of praise are the same.

"Your Majesty is still smart."

Le Zhiyu couldn't be happy after hearing the compliment. He looked at the scroll in his hand, and even frowned.

"What the hell is this painting? Apart from being a young man, he has no facial features at all. How can I recognize him?"

Su Yi scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Young master, don't be angry. I can't help it. Lingxi is too far away from us. No one outside has seen what Ning Yuancheng looks like. We can only draw a picture based on hearsay."

Su Er poked him to remind him.

"I told you to call Your Majesty!"

Le Zhiyu was not in the mood to worry about addressing at the moment, he threw the scroll on the ground, a blush of annoyance appeared on Bai Nen's face.

"I don't know the appearance, so I can't recognize Ning Yuancheng standing in front of me? What if I miss the opportunity?"

Su Er hurriedly said: "I recognize it, I recognize it, I still have a baby here!"

He also took out a booklet from his pocket and handed it over.

"I bought this at a high price on the black market. I remember it is all related to Ning Yuancheng. Just read it once and you will know him well."

"Is it true?"

Le Zhiyu took it half-believingly and opened the first page.

"Ning Yuancheng, twenty years old, eight feet long, with a small scarlet mole on the earlobe, eyes like torches, nose like a mountain ridge, very good-looking, usually likes to wear black clothes, very masculine..."

He paused after reading this, his eyebrows slowly raised.

"Manly?"

"Yes."

Su Er added: "According to gossip, in the early years he secretly married a man wife, who was very loving. Later, the man wife died of illness, and he was heartbroken. Did not marry again."

"Really? It's quite infatuated."

Le Zhiyu thoughtfully tapped on the booklet with his fingertips.

"This clue can be used by us..."

As if he had thought of something, he looked up at Su Yi and Su Er's faces for a long time, and when he looked at them, their backs felt cold, and they felt bad.

"Young master, no, Your Majesty, we brothers don't like men, and we don't have the capital to hook up with Ning Yuancheng with our looks..."

"Why panic, I didn't say I must let you go."

Le Zhiyu patted the dust on the corner of his robe, got up and stood up.

"If necessary, it is not impossible to let me go out."

"How does this work?!"

Su Yi and Su Er were shocked when they heard the words.

"Ning Yuancheng is a rough warrior, how can you make such a big sacrifice?"

"If you make a big deal, why should you stick to the small things?"

Le Zhiyu waved his sleeves disapprovingly.

"It's just that it's so difficult to act on the spot. In the books I read, there are more things than this kind of humiliation. As long as I can hold the power in the future, I will kill him to silence it."

"This······"

Su Yi and Su Er looked at each other for a while, tried to persuade but did not dare to persuade, held back for a long time and said: "But how will Madam pass that test? She will never agree to let you go out."

This is right to the point. In the past few years, Le Zhiyu has had the idea of ​​sneaking out, but he has never succeeded once. His mother has laid a net at the exit, and will never give him the slightest chance to escape. .

In the past, no matter how unwilling he was, he could only come back and stay honestly.

But now he doesn't want to wait any longer, he's already done, his mother has been forcing him to get married and have children, if he doesn't leave, I'm afraid that his wife and children will really be hot on the bed, and he will spend his whole life like this.

Le Zhiyu stood there silent for a moment, then threw the booklet in his hand to the ground, his body straightened, with the momentum of breaking the boat.

"Say it straight! If you don't let me go out, I will die for her!"

"Okay! Go to hell!"

In the hall, before he could finish speaking, Mrs. Yang threw the plate of fruit in her hand at him.

"Instead of letting you die outside like your father, where you can't even find your body, why not let you die in front of me today, so that I can collect a corpse for you, a prodigal son!"

Le Zhiyu knelt on the ground with a stubborn expression on his face.

"Then you can kill me. As long as I have one breath left, I will crawl out even if I crawl."

"you!"

Mrs. Yang's lips were trembling angrily, she pointed at him and said, "You are so fascinated by reading those crooked books every day, do you really think that there is a good place to go outside? You can't write well, you can only talk on paper, What else do you have besides this face? If you meet someone powerful, I'm afraid that even your bones will be swallowed!"

"That's what I want too!"

Le Zhiyu raised his head to look at her, his eyes were red, with tears rolling in them.

"Mother, I've grown up, I'm not a child anymore, I know, you want to say that since you grow up, you should start a family first, and give you a grandson to be filial to your knees, but, don't you want to see me in the future like my father?" , In order to get out of trouble, you have abandoned your wife and children, and you don’t want anything?"

Mrs. Yang stared at him for a while, and then leaned back on the back of the chair slumped as if she had compromised, her tone became a little older.

"Forget it, twisted melons are not sweet, so you can go if you want."

Le Zhiyu couldn't believe his ears for a moment.

This is, agree? !

"Thank you, Ma'am, Chengquan!"

He kowtowed to Mrs. Yang overjoyed.

"My child will often come back to see you..."

"No need."

Madam Yang didn't look at him either, she kept a straight face, and her tone was extremely blunt.

"If you are really promising and can become a master, I will go out to see you. If you fail completely, you don't have to come back again. You will save me from hurting you in the future. There is no regret medicine for you here. You can think about it and stick to it." Do you want to go?"

Le Zhiyu knew that his mother said one and the same, and these words were not to scare him, as long as he dared to leave, there would be no turning back.

"Think about it."

He slowly got up from the ground, his eyes were downcast so he couldn't see his expression clearly, his voice was sweet but stubborn.

"I'm leaving."