I'm more and more embarrassed, and it's true that I'm too sloppy to forget about such a big living person as him. The second brother of the Zhao family was originally a kind brother, but this time it seemed that he wanted to be unforgiving, and I had nothing to say in one sentence.

At this time, Liu Qinghan said beside him: "Second brother, it's been a hard journey. ”

Zhao Yuncheng hurriedly turned to him: "It's okay." ”

"Nothing happened. ”

"Not really, there were also people in Chengdu who came to pick up Qingqing, but they were all sent back by herself. ”

He nodded, then turned to look at me, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "It's getting late, you should rest early." ”

“……”

"I'll talk about the rest later. ”

“……”

I thought about it and nodded.

This time I came here, although I didn't plan how long I would stay, but I also knew that the stay time would not be too short, and many things would have time to be slowly said and resolved.

He and Zhao Yuncheng walked out, and Su Su accompanied me to the other side, the room they had prepared for me.

The room is bigger than the previous one, very comfortable, the furnishings are not new, but have been used for some years, such as mahogany cabinets, copper handles are touched shiny, giving people a very homely, familiar feeling, no longer like the appearance of a guest room. Su Su helped me walk in and said, "Miss, they really have a heart." ”

I smiled and sat down on the edge of the bed.

She brought me hot water to freshen up, and when I sat down in front of the dresser and asked her to untie my hair, she said softly: "Miss, that Liu Gongzi, how is his hair-"

I said, "He said, 'It's sad.'" ”

"What are you worried about, you can be so worried that your hair is gray. ”

"Who knows?"

I smiled faintly, and seeing that she seemed to want to ask something, I said, "Don't say it, it's late, I'm tired too." Go to bed early. ”

"Hey. ”

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Hei Tian slept, and in a blink of an eye, it was the next morning.

I slept soundly, and woke up early, and when I woke up, I was in good spirits, and after freshening up, a few clever young men brought breakfast, but they didn't go straight into the house, but waited outside the door for Su Su to take it. I ate at the table, and a few of them were outside.

After I ate it, they hurried in to clean up, I wiped my mouth and asked, "Where is Liu Qinghan?

One of the little servants raised his head and said with a smile: "The third master got up early, the eldest lady is looking for him, he is by the lake." ”

"Lakeside?"

"Yes. Does the eldest lady want to find the third master? ”

"Okay. ”

I tidied up a little, asked Su Su to take care of Zhao Shuyuan, and followed the little guy. During the day, when I looked at this annex, I found that it was really amazingly large, especially when I walked to the backyard, through the winding corridor, and out of an arch, I was even more surprised.

It turns out that this annex has no back door.

What catches our eyes is a wide lake, reflecting the rising sun and shining with turquoise light, and on the other side of the lake, it is the towering mountain walls that we saw before coming here, which now seem to be a natural barrier, as the back door of this Yilan Courtyard.

From the bluestone path under my feet all the way to the lake, two water corridors were built, as if one back and forth, a wide water pavilion was connected to the center of the two corridors.

Liu Qinghan was in the water pavilion, following a gray-haired old man, slowly practicing Tai Chi Sword.

I stood on the path with some surprise, watching him wear a white casual coat, following the old man's moves, swinging each sword slowly but comfortably, quite a bit of a smooth feeling.

The little guy stood behind me and said with a smile: "Not long after the third master came here, he began to practice Taiji Sword with Master Chen. ”

"He, how is he practicing?"

"The little ones are laymen, so they can't see it, but listening to Master Chen, the third master should not be bad. ”

"Oh. ”

"Does the eldest lady want to come over?"

"Don't rush, don't bother them. ”

I said, looking back at him: "You go and get busy with you first, and when they finish practicing, I'll go find him myself." ”

"Hey. ”

The little guy agreed and left, and I continued to stand on the path, watching the two people in the water pavilion swing their swords one by one, although there were some things I wanted to talk to him, but looking at their moves, I was not in a hurry.

After about a quarter of an hour, the two men put away their swords and stood still.

The old man practiced a set and was refreshed, but Liu Qinghan was sweating profusely, and seemed to be much more tired than the old man. The master Chen explained something to him again, and then turned to leave, he picked up the towel on the stone table in the water pavilion and wiped the sweat on his forehead and neck, and when he looked up, he saw me.

I smiled and walked over.

"Third master, it's so idle. ”

He laughed, threw the towel onto the porch chair to the side, and smiled, "Don't make fun of me." ”

"How did you think of practicing this?"

"Your cousin practices this. ”

"You're going to follow along?"

He didn't speak immediately, but glanced behind me, the master Chen had already walked away, and then he said: "Master Chen has no other livelihood, he has never married a wife or children in his life, and no one has supported him in his old age. If he doesn't practice with him, he can only go back to the countryside. ”

I looked back, and the gray-haired old man had turned a corner and was gone.

I smiled.

"However, it's also quite interesting to practice," he said, he took a sword flower in his hand, although it was not a move in the Tai Chi Sword, he was very proficient, and said with ease: "It's good to be healthy." ”

The sword flower was right in front of me, and I took a step back in fright, and he laughed and hurriedly retracted the sword into its sheath and hung it on the other side of the post. At this time, a few little servants came over, holding a food box in their hands, and first gave us two salutes, and then put the contents of the box on the stone table in the same way.

It was his breakfast.

It's similar to what I just used, only in a larger portion, and he sat down and looked up at me, "Do you want to use it together?"

"I've eaten it. ”

"Oh, there's no appetite for a little more. ”

I saw a plate of hair cake inside, but I hadn't eaten it for a long time, so I sat down and picked up a piece and ate it.

He also sat on the sidelines, drinking porridge and eating vegetables.

Although it was just a breakfast, but facing the mountains and rivers in front of me, such a magnificent view, I couldn't help but feel that this breakfast was a little too grand, and the taste of breakfast was not bad, I ate the cake in my hand, smelled the fragrance of his fish fillet porridge, and couldn't help but want to eat more.

Sensing my gaze, he looked at me, and I hurriedly smiled in disguise: "You can really enjoy it now." ”

He was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

"What do you think, get used to it?"

"Huh?"

"Such a life. ”

I also wanted to ask if it was much more free and enjoyable than when you were an official before, but he suddenly smiled and said: "From thrift to luxury, how can you not get used to it." After a while, I'll probably have to complain about back then—"

I stuffed the last mouthful of hair cake into my mouth, and when I heard him say something, I broke it halfway, and looked up at him, but he just smiled, and then drank the last mouthful of porridge in the bowl, and the little guy next to me immediately took tea to rinse his mouth, and wiped the corners of his mouth with a small square towel.

At this time, on the way from me, a guard hurriedly ran over.

The man was very fast, and in the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of us, saluted the two of us, and then held a letter in both hands and presented it to him: "Third master, the news has returned." ”

He threw the handkerchief away, picked it up and looked at it, and his brows furrowed.

I sat next to me, wiped my hands with a handkerchief, saw his solemn expression, and asked, "What's wrong?"

“……”

"What's the news?"

He didn't answer me immediately, but looked at me with a frown for a while, and then waved his hand, and the guard and a few servants hurriedly retreated after packing up their things, and then he twisted the letter in his hand and handed it to me.

I took it and looked at it, and my brows tightened.

It was a brief letter from the people he sent to listen to the news outside Sichuan, which clearly stated that in the past month, there were powerful gentry in Suzhou, Anhui, and Hubei who participated in the actions of the rebels, and although there were also officers and soldiers from the government fighting against them in various places, the situation was very unoptimistic.

The flames of war were ignited everywhere, and in this way, the entire Central Plains would fall into chaos.

This is what the court is most afraid of.

I looked at it for a while, and then looked up and asked him, "What is the situation in those places in Shanxi and Henan?"

He took the letter from my hand and said, "I didn't say anything about it, it should be that there is still a stalemate." ”

"Stalemate ......"

Stalemate, that is, the victory or defeat is not scored.

But this does not make people feel comforted at all, it is impossible to win or lose for a lifetime, once there is a victory or defeat, there will be a situation where one loses the other, if the imperial court really loses, then it is impossible for the war situation in several other places not to be affected.

He frowned and said, "Although these places are not far apart, they have all started in the past month, and it is impossible to say that they are not implicated." ”

My heart sank slightly: "What do you mean-"

Actually, I didn't need to ask, and I knew what he meant, so he looked at me and didn't answer me.

The two men fell silent.

He still read the letter with his fingertips, as if thinking about something, and his fingertips rubbed slightly, and in a moment the edges of the letterhead were brushed to the bristles.

I asked, "Light Cold, let me ask you something." ”

He looked up at me, "You ask." ”

"You live in Xichuan, and you still care about the situation outside, and let people inquire about the war everywhere, so why did you not even look at the letter from the capital, and returned it to the emperor as it was?"

“……”

"What are you thinking?"