Ge Yun watched quietly from the side, and when he saw Xia Hao, who had said that he would not drink it but finally drank the lotus seed soup, he couldn't help but show a slight smile on his face, he reached out and took the empty bowl with satisfaction, and then turned around and went out. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The fragrance of lotus seeds remained in the air, sweet and with a hint of bitter taste lingering on the tip of the tongue, Xia Hao leaned back in the chair with a little satisfaction, lowered his eyes slightly, and opened his eyes every other half a day to see Xia Ziyan still lying motionless on the ground, the traces of tea on the ground were faint, he suddenly smiled and sighed, "What are your crimes, my four sons, one by one, have grown up and have the ability, have someone to support them, and have backers, they are all amazing, can I still manage the guilt, and I don't need to take care of it." ”

His emotion was very sincere, and there was no trace of irony in his words, but Xia Ziyan, who was lying on the ground, was slightly stunned, his face was slightly moved when he raised his head, and his eyes revealed the truth, so that he who had always been silent in front of Xia Hao couldn't help but say a few more words at this time, "What my father said is right, the four of us brothers have grown up and have the ability." But except for this, everything else is very wrong, among the four brothers, except for their sons, they all have mothers and backers. Their mother is the queen, the concubine, and even the princess of Nanqin, but the son has nothing, and if something happens, the father blames him, and no one will intercede for the son, so he can only bear it himself, if something happens, if he loses his life, who will shed a tear for the son? The son just wants to ask, in the heart of the father, is there nothing to think about, is it not that the dead are not as good as the living?"

Xia Hao's expression moved slightly, he sat up straight in the chair, his eyes stared at Xia Ziyan who was kneeling on the ground, his eyes flickered, after a long time, he withdrew his gaze and asked, "Could it be that you are still angry because of Fuluan's biological father?" As for your mother, I said back then, I hope that the old man can rest in peace and don't mention her again, as it was before, now, and in the future. ”

As he spoke, Xia Hao stood up again, turned to look at the carved lattice window behind him, his eyes looked through the window, looking at the verdant bamboo outside the window, he didn't know what he was thinking, and the room fell into a dead silence. But the rare dead silence didn't last long, and there was a sudden movement outside the pavilion, and the sound of a knock knock came from the stairs, like someone sprinting down the stairs. This makes people even more puzzled, there are so many guards and palace people downstairs, but no one stopped them, so they let this person make a noise from downstairs to upstairs.

The sound of dong dong came from far and near, and outside the pavilion, a row of birds that were lazily resting on the railing were also alarmed by this sound, fluttered a few times, and flew away in the blink of an eye, flying into the bamboo shadow.

The knocking sound finally stopped outside the door, presumably the person who suddenly broke in stood outside the pavilion, and soon, there were two knocks on the pavilion door, Ge Yun pushed the door in first, and his face, which had been smiling before, also showed a rare trace of seriousness, and said to Xia Hao, "Holy Lord, the messenger asks to see." It's news from the dissolved water, a secret report. ”

After Ge Yun finished speaking, to the side, a person wearing military armor immediately walked into the pavilion, his face was full of dust, as if he had been in a hurry for a long time, but his movements did not show a trace of tiredness, he knelt on the ground, and bowed to Xia Hao in a proper manner, and then immediately took out the dense fold on his body from the bamboo tube on his waist, and Ge Yun took it over and handed it to Xia Hao.

Xia Hao slowly turned around, opened the secret fold and looked at it, his face sank, and he immediately asked the man in military armor, "When did this secret fold say?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the incident happened a day ago, and immediately after the incident, Lord Mei wrote this secret letter, ordering the humble official to enter Beijing as soon as possible to meet His Majesty, and submit the secret fold. The incident happened suddenly, the situation was serious, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurried all the way. ”

"Okay, it's not easy for you to rush back in one day after four or five days. Xia Hao nodded, tightened the fold in his sleeves, thought for a while, raised his head and said, "You have taken all the credit for your hard work, you have worked hard, after going down to receive the reward, take a good rest." ”

The man took the order, Xia Hao glanced at Xia Ziyan again, and said, "You can go down too." ”

Xia Ziyan heard this, kowtowed again, then turned around and went out, before leaving, he turned around and closed the pavilion door with his own hands, the moment he closed it, he heard Xia Hao behind the door open his mouth to convey the order to Ge Yun, - "Send someone to pass on my message, urgently summon the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Officials to enter the palace immediately, and face the saint in the Sheng Imperial Pavilion, without delay." Forget it, there is no need to pass on the official book, and the other three must come within half an hour......"

Xia Ziyan wanted to listen at the door for a while, worried that Ge Yun would come out to spread the holy will, so he didn't dare to linger and left slowly.

He and Xia Zihai met again on the stairs, one up, the other down, their eyes collided at the moment they passed by, but neither of them spoke, seeing that the two passed by, Xia Ziyan suddenly stopped, turned around, and said, "The eldest brother actually didn't go in to see his father just now, but I don't know what the eldest brother wants to test, or, what he wants to hide?"

Xia Zihai's upward steps slowed down, and he looked down at Xia Zihe again condescendingly, and said coldly, "Thinking too much, it's better to do more things, it's more realistic." It's the same if you talk too much and think too much, it's easy to make mistakes. ”

Xia Ziyan glanced at Xia Zihai, and replied with a light smile, "My eldest brother and I don't think the same, I think that if you do things without thinking about it and knowing what you know, compared with the two, you can see the success or failure at a glance." ”

"It is said that Shibei should be impressed for three days, since my father decided to send you to Tianshan, you are like a different person, the second brother in my memory, but a guy who knocked out his teeth and swallowed blood, do you not want to endure it, or have you endured it to the end?"

They finally glanced at each other again, the sunlight slid across the eaves and fell on them obliquely, both of them were sons of the same father, all had the same facial contours, such god-like eyebrows, how could it not be the appearance of Xia Hao when he was young. Even the cold posture is very similar, but the charm and character shown by the mouth, nose, ears and heart are completely different.

In the sunshine, they are facing each other but they are separated, walking towards their own tracks, embarking on different choices and different paths.

What none of them noticed was that a dark shadow in the bamboo shadow was watching them, listening to their conversation. When they parted ways, the black image seemed to have a doppelganger, and several black shadows sprang out from behind them, and they disappeared in the bamboo shadow in an instant, as if their appearance was just a human illusion. But if anyone ever saw them, they immediately withdrew their gaze, because everyone in the palace would know that these black shadows belonged to the secret guards, and the night clothes they wore must have a star embroidered on their chests.

The secret guards are dedicated to protecting the people who have the blood of the Dayong royal family, each for its own master, and each performs its own duties. Whose secret guard this belongs to, and what they are going to do, I'm afraid, only their masters will know.