Zhou Dingkang looked at Zhou Ming with a slight puzzlement, and couldn't help but look away and turned behind Zhou Ming.

It was Yudong standing behind Zhou Ming, and he saw that the prince was looking at him, and hurriedly came forward to pay respects.

"Excuse me, excuse me. Zhou Dingkang held Yudong and wanted to say something encouraging, but there was nothing else except the word "no courtesy".

The military generals have a straightforward temperament, even if Zhou Dingkang has been up and down in the court for many years, he still has not learned the hypocrisy of the literati and the city government. Especially in front of two young people who are full of trust and reverence for themselves, they don't know what to say.

He looked at the two young people in front of him, and when he thought of what Emperor Wu said, and his acquiescence attitude, he felt a little guilty in his heart.

But since ancient times, the king wants his ministers to die, the ministers have to die, and the Zhou family has been loyal for generations, how can he turn his back on the family motto for a woman? If Zhou Ming is allowed to stay in Beijing, he is afraid that Zhou Ming will do something that will be said to others in anger, and let him leave is the best.

Zhou Dingkang comforted himself so much in his heart, but he didn't dare to look at Zhou Ming and Yudong's faces anymore, his gaze moved down, and he pretended to look at the saber pinned to Yudong's waist.

At this glance, he said "Huh", "You saber ......"

The saber that Yudong was carrying was a little different from the style in the army today, Zhou Dingkang only felt a little familiar, and stepped forward to take a closer look.

Yudong saw him staring at his knife, untied it and handed it over, "This is what my father left." ”

Yuxiu went to Beijing this time, and she didn't want her brother to fight for her life on the battlefield, Yudong was already a soldier in the army, thinking of the saber left by her father, this can be regarded as a son inheriting his father's business. She found out the saber that Yan Qingshan had at the beginning, polished it and brought it to the capital for Yudong to use.

Zhou Dingkang took the saber, took a closer look, and looked at the top of the handle.

Over time, the knife was buried deep in the ground for more than ten years, rusty, and Yuxiu asked the blacksmith to re-polish it. Although the blacksmith left the original pattern of the blade, it was much lighter.

Zhou Dingkang moved to the light, and the word "Ding" was vaguely visible on the top of the hilt, he was greatly surprised, and looked at Yudong carefully, "Your father, but his name is Yan Shan?"

Yudong was stunned, "No, my father's name is Yan Qingshan." ”

"He's been in the army?"

"My dad didn't tell us. I heard that he ran away from home when he was young and came home later, and this knife was hidden after he returned home. ”

Zhou Dingkang looked at Yudong's eyebrows, thought for a moment, and then realized that Yudong and Yan Shan looked similar.

Yan Shan, it turned out to be Yan Qingshan.

At first, he went out and came to the Northland. It just so happened that because of several defeats in the war against the Northern Barbarians, the imperial court ordered conscription. He joined the army in the north, fought bravely in the army, once the old king and Zhou Dingkang were in danger, he risked death to save him, Zhou Dingkang untied his saber and gave it away, about brothers.

Later, on the reward of meritorious deeds, with Yan Shan's merits, he was originally going to be promoted to a general, although the hero does not ask the source, but the official has to explain the source. When Yan Shan enlisted in the army, he only said that he was a southerner, and no one cared about his origins.

For this promotion, you have to record your resume in detail.

Yan Shan only said that he didn't want to mention family matters and said goodbye without saying goodbye.

Zhou Dingkang didn't understand why he didn't want a good future, so he just left, and he regretted it.

Seeing Yudong and remembering the matter of the Yan family that Zhou Ming had mentioned, he finally understood.

Yan Qingshan, as a member of the Yan family, was afraid that Emperor Wu would investigate the will, so he had to hide his family history.

"Unexpectedly, your father has passed away. Like him, you're a natural warmaker. Zhou Dingkang patted Yudong and said with relief.

"I didn't expect my dad to really join the army. After listening to Zhou Dingkang's words, Yudong muttered, "I have to tell Xiuxiu and Xiaosi when I go back, and let them know that my father really used to be a soldier." ”

When Zhou Dingkang heard the word "Xiuxiu", he thought of Yuxiu, but his shoulder was shocked.

Zhou Ming saw that Zhou Dingkang had nothing else to do, and he was slightly puzzled, he originally planned to leave Luo'an in Beijing to take care of the message, if Yuxiu had something, he would know it. In the past, who I left at home and who I took with me, my father and mother never asked, why did I even have to take care of the affairs of the little girl this time?

Before he could ask, someone came to tell him about the matter, which diverted his mind.

The expedition is imminent, and as a commander, he still has a lot of affairs, so he can't talk about it.

Zhou Dingkang was full of worries, and returned to the mansion like a lost soul.

He took care of it for a day, for fear that Zhou Ming would know that something big had happened, and he would be restless at home one day, and wanted to wait for him to return home to ask. Hearing that the prince was back, he hurriedly greeted him, and when he saw his depressed appearance, he was startled, "Lord Wang, is something happening again?" She stretched out her hand to cover her heart, not knowing what had happened.

"It's okay, it's okay. I just found a benefactor from the past, and his descendants. Zhou Dingkang looked at her panicked, whispered blankly, waved his hand, asked people not to follow, walked briskly at home, walked and walked, and actually walked to the door of the ancestral hall dedicated to the ancestral tablet.

He walked into the gate of the ancestral hall, faced with rows of ancestral tablets, he picked up three sticks of incense and lit them, bowed down and bowed down and inserted them into the incense burner, and then, he walked out of the ancestral hall and sat on the stone bench outside.

When he sent Zhou Ming to the barracks, he felt guilty about his son, but he didn't feel wrong. A woman is just a man, how can a manly husband have no wife? Young Mu Ai, Yan Yuxiu is indeed a good woman, and he is willing to fulfill his son's wishes.

But if this woman will bring hidden dangers to the Zhou family, if she gives up, she will give up, and he can't care about the safety of the Zhou family for the sake of his son's wishes.

But now, this woman is not only her son's beloved, she is also the daughter of her benefactor!

Zhou Dingkang only felt that there were two groups of people fighting in his heart, one was loyal to the king, and the other was the righteousness of repaying gratitude.

When he was trapped, Yan Shan carried Lao Chengwang on his back, supported him, and dragged their father and son out of danger, if people don't know kindness, how can they be worthy of being people?

This sat down and sat on the waning West Mountain.

The winter was cold, and when Zhou Dingkang came back to his senses, he only felt that he was cold all over.

He didn't dare to let people disturb him, so he only sent someone to put three braziers next to him to keep warm, but Zhou Dingkang was at a loss.

When he got up, he felt that his hands and feet were a little numb, He Shi watched from a distance, saw that he finally got up, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him, "The prince is also so old, go back to the house and drink ginger soup to drive away the cold." What is the big thing to sit in the cold wind and blow for a day? Your old wounds aren't all healed. ”

Zhou Dingkang shook his head, "I have to go out and let people prepare horses." ”

"It's almost dinner, where is the prince going?"

Zhou Dingkang didn't reply, and strode out of the door, his back was straight, and his steps were decisive, as if he was decisive when he was charging into battle.