"Jianbai, have you really decided?" In the restaurant, in the private room near the window, there were two teenagers sitting at the table, dressed in stone blue, with a tense face, holding a wine glass, looking at the young man opposite.

The young man lay on the table with a sad face: "Jianbai, if you want me to say, if you really want to find a way out, you don't have to go this way, is it fun for you to be in the army?" That's a death sentence if you're not careful! ”

The young man known as Jianbai silently picked up the wine jug and poured himself another glass of wine. took a sip, and then said slowly: "Achen, if there is a way, why should I take this road?" ”

Ah Chen's face changed, and he hesitated for a long time before he gritted his teeth and slapped the table: "Isn't it just a road?" You wait, I'll go back and beg my mother, let my mother go into the palace and beg the queen, give you a guard's errand, it's better to go to the frontier and die! ”

As he spoke, he was about to get up and walk out, but before he had taken two steps, he leaned back and sat back down. Jianbai held the wine glass in one hand and put it back casually in the other: "Don't go, if your mother was willing to help me, she would have helped a long time ago, why did you wait until now?" ”

"What then? I can't watch you die! Achen looked angry, clenched his fist and smashed it on the table, Yang Jianbai put down the wine glass, picked up the chopsticks, sandwiched a peanut, chewed it slowly, and then asked: "Why are you so sure, if I go, I must be sent to death?" ”

Achen laughed angrily: "You think I don't know? When has the frontier ever been stable? This winter, the Khitan side suffered a snowstorm, and the Khitan people were gathering strength to grab some food to go back, and the war was about to break out. Even in the spring of next year, because the Khitans will not stop, because of the last burning of the city, the emperor is also holding back a fire in his heart, and this time it will definitely take several years to finish. ”

"What is the purpose of war? can die a thousand people in a day, who are you Yang Jianbai? Will you fly or burrow? Do you have copper skin or iron bones? Your family will definitely not find you any way out, even if you go to the frontier, you can only start from small soldiers, those small soldiers, but they all have to rush to the front! ”

After a pause and a breath, Achen said again: "What's more, your second uncle must also know someone in the army, if you ......"

Seeing that his friend cared so much about him, Yang Jianbai showed a rare smile, but he was probably not used to it, and this smile was just a flash and disappeared: "Achen, I know you care about me, it's just that the second uncle knows people, doesn't my father have a friend?" To tell you the truth, the reason why I chose the Northeast is because General Zeng is there. ”

Ah Chen thought for a long time before remembering this General Zeng: "He is a good friend of his uncle?" Is it reliable? However, I have never seen you contact anyone from the Zeng family, and my uncle ...... After all these years, will General Zeng take care of you? ”

Yang Jianbai nodded: "I'm not completely sure, how can I go over there?" Don't worry, if I come back alive, even my grandmother won't be able to ...... again."

Ah Chen snorted: "What is alive!" You will surely come back safely! No, I still don't agree with you going to the frontier, that place is not for people, do you know what to eat and drink over there? You have to eat grass roots, can you bear this? Even if the Yang family squeezed out and murdered you, it never shortened your food, and what you wore was not ordinary, and when you arrived at the border, you would have to wear linen clothes! ”

Yang Jianbai was a little stunned: "Who did you say?" ”

"I have my own channels for finding out the news, anyway, I'll tell you, this side of Xinjiang is not a good place, you dispel this idea as soon as possible, I will go to beg my mother in a while, let my mother enter the palace......"

"Achen, I can understand my aunt's distress." Yang Jianbai interrupted Ah Chen's words: "It's not easy for Niangniang, and I don't agree with you letting your aunt use this matter to trouble Niangniang." ”

Although the queen mother looks noble, there are still two concubines today, and the concubine has a prince, and the age difference between the princess and the prince is not big, and the queen is old and decrepit, although the emperor is sage, but he also has to be careful step by step.

If something goes wrong between the queen and the crown prince, not only the queen's mother's family, but also Achen's family will be implicated. The queen's family has always been low-key, even the queen's own nephew, and he has never asked for a position in front of the queen.

"But......" Achen frowned, Yang Jianbai reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and then took the wine jug and poured him wine: "Have a drink and warm up." ”

Ah Chen was angry and anxious: "It's all this time, what kind of wine are you drinking, let me tell you, this thing will definitely not work, I will not agree to die!" You definitely can't go to the frontier, you just want to find a way, let's just find a way in the future? You're only eighteen years old now, and you're just getting engaged......"

Yang Jianbai interrupted him again: "Do you know which one is set?" ”

Ah Chen was stunned, and then asked, "Which one?" ”

"The niece of the second aunt's mother's family." Yang Jianbai said expressionlessly: "I have a difficult temperament, and I am greedy for vanity, and I am even more stupid, if I really marry such a woman, I am afraid that I will not have a chance to come out in the future." ”

Ah Chen opened his mouth wide and asked for a long time, "How do you know so clearly?" ”

Yang Jianbai sneered: "I can find someone to inquire, in short, this time I made up my mind, I must go to join the army, this capital, I don't have anything to worry about, if you have the heart, just pay attention to the trends in the court for me, maybe I will come back as soon as possible." ”

"The niece of the second aunt's family is seventeen years old this year, I am leaving, she must not be able to wait, I will return to Beijing in the coming day, if I make a contribution, I will ask the emperor for marriage." Yang Jianbai played with the wine glass, and his tone returned to his previous calmness: "It's just that there is no meritorious service, and how many school-age girls are waiting in the second aunt's house?" ”

Ah Chen hesitated: "Just to hide from the marriage, you don't have to ......"

"Achen, you're not an outsider." Yang Jianbai glanced sideways at Achen, and said in a low voice: "The title of our house has not been decided for a long time, if I am defenseless and marry directly, then I may have no chance of survival." ”

Ah Chen was speechless, Yang Jianbai raised his hand again and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, the generals left by my father are not idle people." ”

After a long time, Ah Chen smiled bitterly: "You have already decided, so why do you have to discuss it with me?" ”

Yang Jianbai didn't say anything, Ah Chen drank the wine glass, wiped the corners of his mouth directly with his sleeve, and slapped the wine glass on the table: "You just have to go with confidence, in this capital, I will take care of it for you." ”

Yang Jianbai smiled, took it again, poured two glasses of wine, and handed a glass to Achen: "Good brother, you just have to rest assured, the revenge has not been avenged, how could I be willing to die?" Just wait for my triumphant return. ”

Ah Chen touched the glass with him and nodded vigorously: "Okay, then I'll wait, wait for you to return!" ”

"Let me tell you, the Khitans are the best at fighting on horseback, and the horses on the grassland are very strong and fast ......" Knowing that his brother had already made a decision, Achen grew up with him since he was a child, and he understood that as long as he made up his mind, he would never change. Therefore, I stopped persuading and said something to pay attention to.

"There are a lot of women in your family, but there are definitely not many people who can take care of it for you, so I went back and begged my mother to ask her to make a list for you." Ah Chen said while drinking: "Bring the things you need to bring, the wind and sand are strong over there, the weather is much colder than the capital, you have to bring more fur, as well as medicinal herbs, pills, ointments and the like, hemostasis, anti-freezing, blood tonics, you have to bring." ”

"How many are you going to take with you from the home left by your uncle?" Yang Jianbai doesn't speak, Achen also knows his confidant's temperament, he doesn't like to talk when he is young, but he is not a cold-hearted person, he is just too shy, and he is afraid that people will see it, so he can only hide it with a strained face, and over time, it has become like this.

"I see, Yang Wu and a few of them are good, why don't you bring them all? Anyway, you are the only one left in your big house, and you will be wasted if you stay. Ah Chen continued, and Yang Jianbai only listened quietly.

The two of them had been drinking in the restaurant until it was dark, and Yang Jianbai helped the drunk Achen out, called a carriage, and personally sent the person back.

Mrs. Qi watched Yang Jianbai's figure go away, and couldn't help sighing: "Such a haode child, I really don't know what the Yang family thinks, Jianbai, this child is not an ordinary person, in time, he will spread his wings and soar into the sky, with such a talent, are the Yang family still afraid that they will not be able to revitalize?" ”

Master Qi touched his beard and smiled: "Money is moving, if it weren't for the delay in the title of the Yang family, and the old lady of the Yang family blindly eccentric to the second room, how could Yang Jianbai fall into this situation?" However, this is not a bad thing, if Yang Jianbai is smooth sailing, maybe there will be no achievements. You, don't worry about outsiders, go and see Achen first, after drinking so much wine, Ming'er should have a headache again. ”

Mrs. Qi glanced at him angrily: "You don't have a backache when you stand and talk, Achen Ming'er will definitely not blame you for being a father when she wakes up, but will only blame me for being a mother, you say, are we too ruthless?" After all, Achen is such a confidant and friend......"

Lord Qi waved his hand: "Things have come to this point, it's useless to say anything, besides, going to the frontier is also a way out." Jianbai is a bloody person, and he will not tolerate staying in the capital without doing anything, only by going to the frontier can he soar to the sky. Are you ready for Jianbai? Brother Yang is just this one seedling, if something really happens to Jianbai in the frontier, I'm afraid it will be rare for me to live in peace in this life. ”

"You're still messing up ideas?" Mrs. Qi sneered, paused, and sighed again, with the current situation of the Yang family, if Yang Jianbai wants to come out, he can only take risks, he will not break or stand, he has no courage and determination, I am afraid that even if the title is in his hands, it will not be able to be kept.

It's just that when she thought of her baby son who was still lying in the room, Mrs. Qi had a headache, she didn't help Jianbai, her son must be complaining in his heart, if he knew that the idea of joining the army was given by himself and his old Qi, then even if it was......

Mrs. Qi shook her body, this matter must be kept secret to the end.