At night, the Dingguo General's Mansion, study.

General Dingguo was on the desk to deal with government affairs, and the study was very quiet, only the sound of turning pages and the sound of General Dingguo's writing.

"Knock knock."

There was a knock on the door of the study, and General Dingguo did not raise his head, but just shouted: "Come in." ”

As soon as Xiao Hao entered the door, he saw the general of Dingguo who was doing things, and his originally restless heart suddenly settled down.

At the beginning, when he heard the housekeeper say that his father asked him to go to the study to find him, Xiao Qin was a little panicked and a little scared, tomorrow was the day when Xiao Hao and Hang Yidong moved back, why did his father suddenly look for him at this time? Did they want to drive him away from the General's Palace?

Thinking like this, Xiao Qin's whole person is not good, he will not leave, he must not leave! He and Xiao Hao were not wrong, and the general of Dingguo and his wife decided to adopt him after Xiao Hao was taken away. Why, could it be that now that Xiao Hao is back, let him give way? Why should they let Xiao Qin bear the consequences of their own mistakes, it is impossible, they will never want to leave the General's Mansion by themselves!

Xiao Qin came to the study with such a nervous mood, but the moment he saw the general of Dingguo, his heart suddenly calmed down.

The general of Dingguo knew that Xiao Qin was coming and ignored him, so he let him stand straight in front alone, while he still bowed his head to review things.

It wasn't until nearly a quarter of an hour had passed, and the things on the table had been dealt with in a hurry, that General Dingguo turned his attention to his "son".

"Coming?"

"Yes, father."

"Do you know what I'm calling you for?"

“……”

"Xiao Hao is coming back with Yidong tomorrow, I want to ......"

"Do you want me to leave the Dingguo General's Mansion?"

General Dingguo was stunned, but the moment he was stunned made Xiao Qin think that he was right, his father really wanted him to move out of the mansion, Xiao Qin's eyes turned red in an instant, and the whole person became very dangerous.

Why did everyone see that Xiao Qin was adopted by the general of Dingguo and became the "son" of the general of Dingguo, and they all looked at him with very envious eyes, but why did no one see the helplessness and fear behind him as the son of the general of Dingguo?

When he was adopted to the Dingguo General's Mansion, he was already three years old, and he could distinguish between beauty and ugliness, and because he was an orphan, he would please others from an early age in order to pray for their "love".

When he first arrived at the General's Mansion, he saw the wife of the general of Dingguo at a glance, she looked so beautiful and noble, that people couldn't help but want to get close to him, so he happily took the wildflowers he had just picked and wanted to meet this "new mother", but before he could get closer, he was disgusted by a fierce grandmother beside the general's wife and said, "Madame is allergic to pollen, please go back, young master." ”

However, the moment Xiao Qin turned around, he heard the grandmother say: "A beggar is a beggar, even if he is recognized by the general as a righteous son, what if he is recognized by the general, he will never be able to change the sour spirit of poverty on his body, and he actually went to pick wild flowers to give to our wife, who has never seen anything since she was a child, it is really unlucky." ”

That tone, Xiao Qin will never forget for the rest of his life, and he has never gone to the general's wife again, because he knows that the general's wife doesn't like him.

Later, when he grew up, he knew why he regarded the general's wife as a fairy in the first place, not only because she was good-looking, because when the general's wife looked at him, it was like looking at a small flower and grass on the side of the road, without the slightest emotion.

Compared with the general's wife, the general of Dingguo should be much better, he will teach him to read every day, will take him to exercise, teach him the art of war, he thinks that at least the general of Dingguo really regards him as a "son".

So he ignored the fact that the general often looked at him in a daze, as if through his performance of thinking about others, ignoring his own words every time he got into trouble, and the general treated him like a friend's child, ignoring his own gradually empty heart.

He trained desperately and studied hard, hoping that the general and his wife would look back at him.

Until that day, Xiao Hao came back.

Looking at the performance of the general and the general's wife, Xiao Qin knew that it was not that they had no feelings, but that love belonged to others.

Xiao Qin's heart gradually climbed into a trace of darkness.

It wasn't until he saw that the general of Dingguo intended to cultivate Xiao Hao that Xiao Qin's last trace of psychological defense was also broken through, and he chose to form an alliance with the second prince to deal with Xiao Hao.

Just when Xiao Qin was deeply immersed in the memories of the past and couldn't extricate himself, General Dingguo spoke: "You are also my son, why did you leave the General's Mansion?" ”

Naturally, it's for your own son.

"I called you this time, not for anything else, but for Mi'er and Edon. Tomorrow they will be in the house, and I hope you will get along well in the future. ”

I want to stop fighting with him, after all, he is his own, and I'm just an impostor.

"I know about you and the second prince dealing with Ah Hao, I won't pursue it this time, but I hope you don't do such a thing in the future, after all, Xiao Hao ...... He's also my son, and I don't want you to be in the same vein. ”

Heh, it's just rhetoric, wait, father just said, know what I did before, know what I did before, know that I dealt with Xiao Hao? Then why didn't he stand up and stop me? Still let me deal with Xiao Hao?

Xiao Qin felt that his head was a little insufficient, he felt that his head was a mess, and his throat was a little dry: "Father, you, what do you mean?" ”

"I just want to tell you, no matter what, you are my son, this will not change for the rest of your life, even if Xiao Hao comes back, but after all, he has been exiled for more than twenty years, and his mother and I have lost a lot of money to him, although I know that this request is a bit excessive, but I hope you will help me take care of him more after Xiao Hao comes back."

General Dingguo said so much at once, Xiao Qin was a little stunned, and for the first time he showed other expressions in front of his respected father, he clenched his fists tightly and said forbearantly: "Father, why didn't you come forward to stop Xiao Hao at that time?" ”

The room was quiet for a moment, Xiao Qin could feel that the atmosphere in the room was a little tense, but he didn't flinch, staring at the extremely majestic eyes of the Dingguo General, wanting to get an answer.

General Dingguo rubbed his fingers and said to him: "Not only I know, Your Majesty also knows that your every move is under our control. ”

Xiao Qin was really shocked now, did what they did turn out to be under the surveillance of others?

"After all, this matter has the participation of the prince, which is extraordinary, if I get involved, it is very likely to become a party and government, if it is just a few of you, it can be regarded as a child's fight, and the nature of the two is different. So even if I knew what you were doing, I wouldn't have come forward at night. ”

Xiao Qin felt a chill on his body, as if he had fallen into a snowy white, and those snow-white squeezed his chest tightly, almost out of breath.

It turns out that he and Xiao Hao, in the eyes of General Dingguo, their persecution of Xiao Hao is just playing at home? Therefore, in order not to fall into the party and government, the general is willing to watch his own flesh and blood being persecuted by others.

Xiao Qin suddenly wanted to laugh, is this what he has been fighting for with Xiao Hao? A cold-blooded and ruthless general's father, a beautiful but empty mother, and such a huge but emotionless general's mansion?

Xiao Qin did laugh out loud, he laughed at his shallowness, he laughed at his pathetic, how miserable he was, so he would cling to these things, he laughed insolently.

"Hahahahaha, I'm really funny hahahahahaha."

Seeing Xiao Qin laughing out loud in front of him so indifferently, General Dingguo frowned, he had already explained everything to Xiao Qin, if he still couldn't figure it out, then it didn't matter, although he raised it himself, but after all, he was just an adopted son.

After laughing insolently, Xiao Qin gently wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said to the general of Dingguo sitting in front of him with a smile: "If Xiao Hao encounters any danger in the future, I will go to help, with the kindness of General Quan's nurturing to me." ”

General Dingguo didn't hear anything unusual, but when he thought that Xiao Qin wanted to open it, he saw Xiao Hao kneeling down and kowtowing three times to General Dingguo.

"Bang."

"Bang."

"Bang."

Every blow hit Xiao Qin's heart, and when Xiao Qin raised his head, there was already a piece of blood on his forehead.

General Dingguo looked at the resolute look on Xiao Qin's face, and his eyelids jumped: "What do you want to do?" ”

"From today on, I voluntarily leave the Dingguo General's Mansion, and I Xiao Qin from now on."

"It's just Xiao Qin."

After speaking, Xiao Qin shook off and left the study.

After a long while, the housekeeper hurriedly walked into the study, and his tone was urgent: "General, the young master has left the general's mansion, the old slave can't stop him, he hasn't taken anything, he hasn't even brought money, where can the young master go this big night, master, the young master must be angry, can you take it seriously!" ”

General Dingguo, who had been indifferent since Xiao Qin went out, spoke: "Butler, in the future, we will only have one young master in the Dingguo General's Mansion. ”

"Sir?"

"Okay, the young master will go back to the house tomorrow, you prepare well, as for Xiao Qin...... Don't worry about him anymore. After speaking, General Dingguo pinched his eyebrows, looking exhausted, "Go out." ”

The housekeeper didn't dare to say more, he didn't pay attention when he first entered the study, and now when he went out, he hung his head slightly, held his hands together, and left the study respectfully.

After going out, the housekeeper looked at the Dingguo General's Mansion in the dark and couldn't help but sigh.

"This mansion is still a little deserted after all."