Chapter 18: The Zheng Family
In front of the city gate, passers-by are in a hurry, stopping from time to time to look sideways, attracting their attention is a pair of young men and women, the man is handsome, the woman is quiet and elegant, in a busy atmosphere but has its own indifference, whispering, immersed in their own world. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
What a couple!
Everyone who saw it probably thought so, and some even bypassed it, afraid of disturbing the two of them.
Xiaoshuai is also in the scope of these people, he is far away, deliberately leaving more space for Zheng Zexin and Zhao Heqiao.
Zheng Zexin was completely unaware of the strangeness of the people around him, and looked at the person in front of him intently.
"Just send it here, you can go back quickly."
Zhao Heqiao only felt that the distance from the house to here was so short, and it was so fast that people couldn't notice it, and when she heard Zheng Zexin say this, she was suddenly disappointed and reluctant.
The only thing that can be said is the sentence "take care".
"So are you."
He insisted on watching her turn before leaving, and he counted her steps, one, two, three...... Just as she was about to step into the carriage, he shouted, "Lotus buckwheat, remember, there are people behind you who are worried about you, if you are lonely and confused, look back!" β
Zhao Heqiao's movements stopped for a while, and soon he entered the carriage, and his figure disappeared from the sight of others.
He knew she heard.
That's enough.
Xiao Shuai led the horse over, scratched his head and asked him, "Boss, what did you mean by what you just said?" β
"You'll understand later."
When he had finished speaking, he mounted his horse, flicked his whip, and galloped away.
Xiao Shuai immediately got on the horse and followed.
They returned to the barracks and began their old days again, training soldiers and practicing martial arts. It's just that Zheng Zexin has been different from usual these days, he has increased the number of times and hours, and everyone can't adapt to it for a while, and they are miserable.
The brothers felt that he was a little abnormal, and it was difficult for him to speak, and he didn't explain anything, but one day he said that he was going back to the main city.
Suddenly, everyone couldn't react, Zheng Zexin's explanation was: "The situation in the main city is not very good, I have to go and see." β
They were silent for a moment, and then said to him, "Don't worry, we are here." β
"Thank you." He was glad to have such a group of brothers.
"If there is anything to send a letter, the brothers will be there with you."
"Nature."
He set off this time and brought Honeysuckle and Wei Xing with him. Before leaving, he privately told Xie Jian that Zhao Hengguang might be aware of the movements of the Cangmu camp, and he should be careful at any time, the training of the soldiers should be intensified, the weapons should be implemented as soon as possible, and all preparations should be made as soon as possible.
Maybe one day something suddenly happens, he can't come back, he hopes that Xie Jian can handle it well.
Xie Bun is Xie Bun, he promised that he would do a good job in the future. So he has always been Zheng Zexin's most trusted person in Cangmu Camp.
"Zheng Yan, take care, if there is anything you can do for Xiaoshuai, just let him do it."
"Okay, Brother Jump."
Their route was to pass through the north city in the direction of the main city, this day happened to be Zhao Heqiao's day, he deliberately brought a few people to come very early, and flew the kite made last night in the air.
Passers-by exclaimed, "Look, the man on the horse is flying a kite!" β
Their voices spread one after another as Zheng Zexin and the others walked, and finally reached Zhao Heqiao's ears.
She peeked out of the carriage and looked in the direction behind her, and saw the kite as if it were getting closer and closer to her place, intentionally or unintentionally. She couldn't help but think of Zheng Zexin's words, and hurriedly asked the driver to stop.
When she got out of the carriage, she waited quietly, but the noise nearby was loud enough to drown the sound of the horses' galloping hooves. The familiar man sat down on his horse and came to a stop in front of her.
What are you doing here?
She didn't say this, and the other party replied earnestly as if she already knew: "You think, I'm coming." β
All she could do at this time was laugh, and she happily accepted the idea.
Fu Yi laughed.
What awaits them in the main city at this time, unknown dangers? The test of life? Or unexpected sorrow? If you can't run away from it, then face it.
After sending Zhao Heqiao back to the palace, Zheng Zexin and Zhao Heqing met once, greeted and sighed for a moment, he pushed Honeysuckle and Wei Xing, and told Zhao Heqing about the situation of these two people.
"They have good martial arts, I hope Your Highness can use them."
"Even if Zexin is kind, then I will accept it."
Two fresh faces, heartfelt and martial arts, Zhao Heqing may be able to use it.
Farewell to Zhao Heqing, Zheng Zexin and Xiaoshuai went straight to Zheng's house. The Zheng family, who is at the corner of the whirlpool, is also anxious at the moment.
In the gloomy and dreary atmosphere, there was a lack of smiles on everyone's faces. Zheng Lianghai seemed to be several years older, and when he saw Zheng Zexin, he said weakly: "I'm back." β
"Father, what's going on?"
Zheng Lianghai was just about to be excited, and immediately restrained himself, "Your third brother's unfilial son, a good wife ignores it, and goes to hang around all day long, your fourth brother doesn't know what crazy he has to put off the family affairs he has set since childhood, and he makes trouble all day long, and people often come to the Mei family to ask, this family is now restless!" β
Zheng Zexin stepped forward to give him relief.
Zheng Lianghai sighed and said: "Your eldest brother and second brother are now officials in Xicheng, and you are a normal son in the family now, you should persuade them well." β
"Got it, father."
Although he knew that they would all turn back as prodigal sons later, Zheng Zexin was a little unbearable when he saw Zheng Lianghai like this, unlike himself who was numb and evasive in his previous life, he saw a father's forbearance, a father's helplessness, and a father's worry about his son......
So now, he's not going to leave it alone.
"Father, don't worry about it, leave it to me."
He decided to go to Zheng Zeli first, knowing that he was in a very easy place to find. He asked Xiaoshuai to stay in his courtyard first and prepare to go alone.
Walking to the shadow wall, he saw two people in the corridor in a daze, and he knew their identities from their figures, he didn't want to pay attention to them, but because Wen called his name, he had no choice but to stop.
"Mistress."
The person standing next to Wen was Xu Ruowan, and she looked at it with bright eyes.
Zheng Zexin lowered his head, completely unaware of that gaze.
"Zexin, there's nothing going on in the barracks, so you can come back and walk around more." Wen said.
"Yes." He just said yes.
"Zexin, you should work more on your brothers' affairs."
"It should be."
"Well," Wen was very satisfied with his attitude, and then pushed the girl next to him forward, "It's getting late, you can send Wan'er home." β
Zheng Zexin glanced at Wen and responded.
Zheng Zeli and Zheng Zeyi became like this, Xu Ruowan couldn't get out of the relationship, how could Wen not understand if she was not stupid, she was still so close to Xu Ruowan, and even intended to match herself with Xu Ruowan. In his previous life, he didn't think much about this, but today, it is intriguing.
"Brother Zexin, Wan'er will trouble you." Xu Ruowan said shyly.
"Xu ...... Sister, let's go. β
Wen smiled and waved them goodbye.
"Brother Zexin, is the barracks fun?" Xu Ruowan asked innocently, pulling her hair.
He said calmly: "It's not fun. β
"What do you do every day?"
"Martial arts."
"Ah, it's boring......"
Zheng Zexin did not comment, whether she was too ignorant or really naΓ―ve.
When he arrived at the door of Xu's house, Zheng Zexin couldn't wait to leave immediately, Xu Ruowan suddenly grabbed him and said, "Brother Zexin, we are going to play in the wild the next day, you can come together." β
Unexpectedly, he was touched by her for a while, Zheng Zexin restrained himself from showing an ugly look, and after quickly withdrawing his hand, he shook his head and said, "No, I can't disturb your party." β
"Lord Liuyun, Brother Zheng Yi is here, and there are a few of my sisters, you can't bear to see that we only have one Brother Zeyi to protect, what if you encounter bad people."
"The world is going down, there will be nothing." The experience of the previous life told him that there was no danger in this line of work, and besides, there was still a lack of people to protect the Lord of Liuyun County?
"It's rare for you to come back, no matter what Wan'er said, she wants Brother Zexin to go, so it's decided. Brother Zeshin, goodbye. She thought to herself that Zheng Zexin had agreed.
Zheng Zexin had a headache, did this woman really not know how to look at her eyes, he didn't believe it.
Delayed by Xu Ruowan, he had to speed up his pace, and without hesitation for a moment, he soon found Zheng Zeli in Willow Lane, the most prosperous flower street in the main city.
The man was holding a beautiful girl up and down his hands, and kept calling out in his mouth: "Wan'er......"
The girl who was made smiled and said: "The master is called the wrong name again, and the slave is called Wanhua......"
"It's Wan'er......"
Zheng Zexin sighed, he didn't see it with his own eyes, he really couldn't believe that Zheng Zeli, who usually had the best etiquette, had become this virtue.
He stepped forward and pulled the beautiful girl away and dragged Zheng Zeli out of the fireworks venue.
The drunk Zheng Zeli could only passively follow, his steps were clumsy, it was difficult to stand firm, let alone see the appearance of the person in front of him.
Zheng Zexin took him to the river, pressed his head and sank into the water, and waited for a while for Zheng Zeli to get up his strength before letting go of him.
Zheng Zeli coughed violently for a long time, raised his head to see the person opposite, and couldn't help but get angry, "It's you!" How dare you do this to me! β
The little brother he didn't care much about was facing him with the eyes of the grass mustard class at this time, and the words on his lips were all mocking: "Zheng Zeli, you are really despised." β
Zheng Zeli, who was angry when he heard the words, immediately put on a beating posture and pounced, but was subdued by the other party at once.
"I'm not here for you to fight."
"Then what are you doing here, let me go."
"Look at you like this, are you still a man, you have no responsibility, and you can't marry Xu Ruowan to let down another woman? Who do you show like this, Xu Ruowan will still marry one day, and she will live happily, it doesn't matter if you suffer yourself like this, but you shouldn't drag others down! β
"You are not allowed to say that about Wan'er, Wan'er likes me, but my father won't let me marry her!"
"Joke, how do you know she likes you? Besides, if your father tells you not to marry, you won't marry, you can choose to die or elope, and in the end you didn't do it according to your father's wishes, so you just don't have the guts! If you don't have the guts, forget it, and put the responsibility on others, and only complain about it! Such a person, bad! β
Zheng Zeli was poked in the sore spot, stopped making a sound, and said in a half-choked voice: "Wan'er, she is already my person......"
What the!
Zheng Zexin grabbed his collar and said with a serious expression: "You say it again, what is the situation?" β
This is different from the previous life, in which Xu Ruowan was ruined by the eldest prince. It was too late when he arrived, and then he waved his knife at the eldest prince regardless of the consequences, if it wasn't for Zhao Heqiao's timely arrival to protect him......
Therefore, Xu Ruowan should not have broken her body before that!
Zheng Zeli was timid when he saw Zheng Zexin's fierce eyes, and explained honestly.
"On the day of my wedding, I was escorted into the cave room and ran away without even lifting the bridal cover, I went to Wan'er and told her that I couldn't live without her, Wan'er was so kind, she cried and said that she only treated me as a brother and asked me to treat my wife well, I drank too much at that time, my brain was not sober, and I was excited and took her to the inn...... When I woke up the next day, Wan'er was gone, and I was sorry for her. β
Zheng Zexin was silent for a moment, "Are you sure what happened that day?" β
"You think I'm delusional? No! That day really happened, and it will be the best memory of my life! β
Zheng Zexin saw that his expression was not conjecture, so he said solemnly: "No matter what, you will rot in your stomach first, and I will tell you some things when I am sure in the future, you go back with me first." β
Zheng Zeli looked at him confusedly, "I don't want to go." β
Zheng Zexin ignored his struggles and forcibly took him back to Zheng's house.
When he arrived at Zheng Zeli's courtyard, Zheng Zexin asked Zheng Zeli to hide in one place and ordered his acupoint, "Take a good look." β
Peng Xinnian was holding a book and reading it, and when he saw a strange man, he hurriedly looked at him vigilantly, "Who are you?" β
Zheng Zexin said: "Third sister-in-law, don't panic, I am Zheng Zexin, the fifth son of the Zheng family." β
Peng Xinnian breathed a sigh of relief, saluted and said softly, "Uncle." β
"Why is this courtyard so deserted, the servants dare to snub Mrs. Shizi so much!" He looked at the fallen leaves in the yard.
Peng Xinnian hurriedly said: "Yes, I don't want them to serve, don't blame them." β
Obviously a maintenance rhetoric.
"Third sister-in-law, it's not okay for you to be so soft-hearted, the master should look like the master." He said in a deep voice.
Peng Xinnian hesitated for a moment, "What Uncle said is that I will pay attention." β
"What book is the third sister-in-law reading?"
Referring to the book in her hand, Peng Xinnian's eyes lit up, "This is a collection of poems written by Xiang Gong." β
"The third sister-in-law likes it?"
"Well, after reading this poetry collection, I know that Xianggong is a very gentle and talented person." A happy smile appeared on her face.
"The third sister-in-law is alone in the empty boudoir, are she happy?"
Peng Xinnian had a trace of embarrassment on his face, and said with a wry smile: "I know that Xianggong doesn't like me, I don't blame him." β
"Do you like my third brother?"
Confusion appeared on her face, "I like, I can't talk about it, I've only seen him twice from afar, but since we got married, he is my god and my husband, and I only have him in my life," she caressed the book in her hand lovingly, "I will try to get close to him, and wait for one day he can see me." β
"People like him don't deserve it, he ...... like that"
Peng Xinnian said: "Uncle, he is your brother, my father-in-law, he can't be ignored!" β
"Why bother, anyway, he won't pay attention to you for the rest of his life, aren't you lonely?" Zheng Zexin stepped forward and took her hand.
Peng Xinnian immediately broke away from him and stepped back, taking off the hairpin on his head and placing it across his neck, "Uncle, you respect yourself, I don't want anyone to misunderstand, and I don't want there to be a conflict between you and Xianggong, so, please go!" β
Zheng Zexin's expression returned to normal and looked somewhere.
Peng Xinnian also followed his gaze, and there was a shadow over there.
Zheng Zexin dragged the man out in the past, untied his acupoints, and patted him on the shoulder, "Third brother, a good woman is rare, there is one in front of you, she is no worse than anyone else, so she can do it herself!" β