Bai Ziqi refused to eat dinner.

As soon as he returned to the house, he covered his head and fell asleep.

The maids took turns trying to serve him to dinner, and he all said one word, "Get out!"

In the end, he overturned the plate in the maid's hand.

The food was spilled, and the maid's hands were scalded by the soup, but thanks to the soup that had been dried, the maid did not dare to cry out, quietly wiped her hands, and stood at the door to wipe her tears.

If the prince usually doesn't call the maid so embarrassed, if the maid is wronged, he will also go over to comfort a few words, today is strange, he just pretended not to know, just wrapped his head and slept with his head.

"Don't eat? That's not going to work, if you're hungry. When Chen heard that his baby son didn't eat, he was naturally anxious and wanted to rush over to see.

Bai Yulin started a fire and gave an order: "If you don't call him hungry, don't worry, if he is hungry for a meal and a half, he will not be hungry, and let him taste the taste of hunger and thirst! He thought that he was going to go to the battlefield to visit his relatives, and he said that he would go, but he couldn't help it! If it was really so good to go, I would have gone to 800 times, and I didn't have to be poked and pointed at all the time and said that I was just a person who hid under the clothes of the old ancestors and ate idle food!"

Chen wiped his tears, "Can't you say something good?" Qi'er, he has never been on the battlefield, how can he know the cruelty of the battlefield! He hasn't listened to his grandfather tell the story of the year since he was a child, and he has heard too much about those things that are loyal to the country and made meritorious contributions, and the child thinks that this thing is quite easy, but how does he know that if this is really gone, he may even lose his life in the pile of dead. ”

Bai Ziqi lay quietly.

In fact, the heart is not as angry as it is on the surface, it is all pretended.

The idea of joining the army to fight a war was true, but when the war came, he wanted to see with his own eyes how the ancients in the era of cold weapons set up formations to fight? He had read Sun Tzu's Art of War when he was a child, and he had long been familiar with the 36 strategies, and in addition, in the past few days, he had read several military books on General Bai's bookshelf on which he arranged troops to march and fight, and his heart became more and more itchy, and he wanted to practice it himself.

Unexpectedly, he underestimated the love of the elders of the Bai family for this eldest grandson of the long house.

Don't let you go.

Then you can only pretend to lose your temper first, hide and be quiet, hide in this quilt to smooth things out, and plan how to go in the future.

There was a soft knock on the door, and someone else came in.

Which maid came with the food?

Come on, come on, this time he is ready not to lose his temper, he wants to eat, he is really hungry, there is no reason to get along with his stomach.

A large hand rubbed over the top of his head through the quilt.

Who?Chen?Bai Yulin?Or ......

Bai Ziqi lifted the quilt, and was about to get angry, stunned, it was grandpa, old man Bai Feng.

He came to see the grumpy grandson in person.

"Still angry with grandpa?" The old man looked kind, smiling and touching his grandson's face, Bai Ziqi wanted to hide, but he didn't hide, in front of such elders, being loved is actually quite happy.

He bared his teeth, a little embarrassed, "No, who said people were angry." Even if you are angry, you don't dare to be angry with your grandfather. ”

Grandpa laughed, "That's it, my own grandson, so he won't be so ignorant." ”

Even if he tried his best to express his doting on his grandson, the big hand that had held the weapon all his life was really rough, rubbing against Bai Ziqi's face, like an old knife rubbing, and the pain made Bai Ziqi secretly inhale.

"Kids. Bai Feng's expression became solemn and he sighed, "You have to be considerate of Grandpa's intentions." Grandpa taught you so many great truths since you were a child, not just lip service, nor that grandpa doesn't love this country and the people of this country. Grandpa joined the army as a teenager, crawled out of the pile of dead people again and again, the hardships he endured, and the wars he experienced, it was really too many to count. Now, the world is smoky again, even if grandpa is old, but the old man is determined to be thousands of miles, grandpa's spear is trembling on the weapon rack every night, that is calling, looking forward to, shouting that I will set foot on the battlefield again, level the enemy, and expel the thief!"

His old hand was trembling, and under the trembling, Bai Ziqi's face burned like fire.

He endured not moving, bearing such friction.

"Child, let me tell you a heart-to-heart word, grandpa has never forgotten that he is a soldier, and he is the white handsome who was once admired and praised by everyone in Dongliang Kingdom. At the same time, I also hope that our Bai family can produce a few more good sons and daughters like me, who have real skills, can govern the army, can lead troops, can fight, and can make war exploits!"

Sigh.

"The ancients often said that strong is only three generations, which makes sense. Your father is a living example, where does he have the blood and talent of my Bai family boy? Live a peaceful life, he can do it, and he can't count on it to maintain the glory and military exploits of the Bai family. That's why I decided to retire to the mountains and become an old farmer in the countryside. In this remote and barren place, we live our own small lives in peace, without ostentatiousness, without provoking people, and without interacting with the outside world, only in this way can we live a long and peaceful life. ”

Bai Ziqi listened attentively, in fact, he already knew a rough idea of these things about the Bai family, but it was still very shocking to say it from the mouth of this old man.

"But the trees want to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop. Now I suddenly understand that even if I have no quarrel with the world, no desire or desire, even if I sink like the most ordinary rural pariahs, there are still people who will not let us go, and they will not allow me to live too long in this life of poverty and stability. ”

While sighing, he silently twisted a string of white jade beads with his fingers.

Bai Ziqi was a little surprised, the light of the setting sun came in obliquely from the window, filtered by the window paper, the light was light, thin, and unreal like a dream.

But the old man in front of him was real, and his face, which always gave people no anger and arrogance from a distance, was now covered with folds. The layers of wrinkles seem to tell the hardships of the world, and the heart that he has endured and in this life.

"Your kidnapping is a sign. A clue that should not be underestimated. Then the well-planned action steps, those soldiers and ruffians hiding in the caves, and the evidence of the crimes that you are forcing you to confess, explain that they are all planned and arranged. Who is behind this conspiracy? I've been thinking about it, sometimes I feel like there's an answer, and sometimes I don't want to admit it's the answer. Recently, I've forced myself to think about my life from beginning to end. Grandpa didn't lose anything in this life, and he lived in a beautiful life, struggled, and brilliant! But I can't just plan for me, when I gave up my military status and a good future behind me, I retired alone, I just want to use such a big sacrifice in exchange for a little bit of stability, and now I suddenly woke up, that is impossible, they will not allow us to get such a result, as long as I live in the world for a day, their hearts will not be stable for a day. So, I thought about it, there was only one way to go. They forced me down this path. This is the fate that our Bai family cannot escape, and it is also the fate that it is difficult for the meritorious servants of all dynasties to escape. Alas, it's really hard to advance or retreat in the world—"