My son sleeps lightly

Xiao Chongping was lying on the bed, the injury on his shoulder was still aching, but this was not the reason why he was awake all the time.

Candles were lit in the room, indicating that it was night.

It was quiet outside, as if the riot had never happened before.

Xiao Chong closed his eyes, then opened them again, facing so much information as soon as he woke up, which made him physically and mentally exhausted.

But he can't be depressed, there are still many things waiting for him to do.

No one was with him in the room, Zhang Tao was sent out by him to guard Ye Lan, and he was the only person he could trust now.

Xiao Chong hopes that everyone can sleep well this night, and at dawn, everyone will start to face a new beginning.

A goalless start.

No one knows what happened, what is happening now, let alone what will happen in the future, this kind of unknown fear surrounds everyone's heart...

But Xiao Chong knew that he had to find a target for everyone, otherwise the worry about his family and the confusion about the future would probably ruin noble young masters like Ye Lan and He Hui who had never experienced hardships.

The last thing he wanted to see was Ye Lan looking helpless.

Xiao Chong carefully calculated what he needed to do, he had to find the path that everyone should take.

With such thoughts, it is difficult for people to connect with his age.

From the moment he realized that he wanted to protect Ye Lan, Xiao Chong was no longer a boy.

"Knock knock", the door of Xiao Chong's room rang.

The person came in after knocking twice, and said in a low voice, "Brother, it's me."

"Ah."

Xiao Ao closed the door and walked to Xiao Chong, "Where is Zhang Tao, why didn't he stay by your side?"

"I asked him to take care of the second young master."

Xiao Ao pursed his lower lips, "I saw my mother just now."

Xiao Chong's eyes moved, but he didn't speak.

"She misses you very much, but dare not see you." Xiao Ao lowered his head, thinking about his mother's tears just now, "She feels that she is sorry for you, and I also feel...I..."

Xiao Chong's voice became lower and lower, and the murmur behind him became even more inaudible.

"Selling myself into slavery is voluntary, and I have never blamed you and mother." Xiao Chong said calmly, "You don't have to feel guilty about it. At that time, if I didn't sell myself, we The three of them will freeze to death that winter."

Xiao Chong's tone has always been indifferent, he was just narrating the facts, and he himself has never regretted this incident, no matter when he was whipped by the slave trader, or when he woke up in every dream of missing his relatives.

"It would be great if I was more sensible then." Xiao Ao lowered his head, never raised it, and covered his eyes with his hands.

Xiao Chong shook his head, it was something no one could control, it was meaningless to make these assumptions, he paused for a while, and asked, "Does mother want to see me?"

"Think about it, why don't you want to!" Xiao Ao hurriedly said, "Mother is just afraid that you don't want to see her..."

"When my injury is better and I can walk around on my own," Xiao Chong said, his head slightly tilted to Xiao Ao, "I want her to see a refreshed version of me."

Xiao Ao sniffed, nodded heavily, "Okay!"

"Xiao Ao," Xiao Chong still has more important things to arrange, "Are you someone I can trust?"

"We are brothers connected by blood, of course you can trust me!" Xiao Ao didn't understand why Xiao Chong said that.

"Let me ask you first, what is your status in Changling, and what is your mother's status?"

This……

Xiao Ao hesitated slightly, "They all respect me, they will listen to everything I say, and so does my mother, she has a special person to take care of her... But as for the status... I can't ask Uncle Di."

Di Hong.

Xiao Chong recited the name silently in his heart.

He wanted to know what this person wanted to do, and he clearly realized that Di Hong and Zhang Tao were different.

Zhang Tao and Cheng Yuan wanted to go back to the Central Plains, but this Di Hong obviously wanted to gain a foothold in the northern border.

What purpose does he have?

"Can he come to see me with Uncle Cheng?" Xiao Chong asked Xiao Ao.

"of course."

"Tomorrow morning." Xiao Chong continued to ask, "How many people are left under Chang Qin's command?"

"Counting me, there are seventeen of them. More than half of them have been injured. Some are mild and some are serious. They are cultivating on their own."

"Very well, none of these people can approach Ye Lan and the others."

"Why, there is also Young Master He's servant..."

"No, no one who is close to you is not allowed," Xiao Chong said coldly, "You ask Uncle Cheng to come out and protect a few young masters alone, and then send someone to monitor all the servants."

"elder brother……?"

"The Second Young Master and I suspect that there may be a traitor among these people, which not only threatens their lives, but also threatens the side of Changling, so we must act cautiously, and we must not startle the snake."

Xiao Ao nodded immediately after realizing the importance, "I understand."

"It's all up to you." Xiao Chong said.

Xiao Ao's heart sank, Xiao Chong's order made him feel very important, he didn't know whether it was because Xiao Chong was his elder brother, or because Xiao Chong's inadvertent majesty demeanor made himself serious.