At night, there was silence, and the courtyard in the west corner was quiet and silent.

Lu Zheng sat upright in the chair, the shadow was rubbing his shoulders behind him, his emotions were unstable, his thoughts were flying, and his heart seemed to be unsettled.

The Lu family came, he almost didn't hesitate to subconsciously refuse to go to Jiangning, with the support of the old lady of the Zhang family, he easily did this, Hong Shen had no choice, he didn't even have a chance to put pressure on Lu Zheng, if he didn't want to live in Yangzhou, he would have to go back to Jiangning in a few days.

However, Lu Zheng's mood couldn't be calm, he was a child of the Lu family, and this couldn't be changed anyway, could he stay in Yangzhou all the time?

Yangzhou is just a small place, Dakang is very big, the world is very big, Lu Zheng wants to live a vigorous life, Yangzhou can only be a springboard, and even Jinling is just a springboard.

To put it bluntly, Lu Zheng actually has some kind of budding in his heart, the pool in Yangzhou is too small to accommodate him, he wants a bigger stage.

However, the Jiangning Lu family made him feel resistant, and when he thought of going to Jiangning, facing such a complex and huge family, he was very resistant in his heart.

You must know that the Lu family is not comparable to the Zhang family, although the Zhang family is known as the four major families in Jiangnan, in fact, it has already declined, and the strength of the Zhang family in Jiangnan can really only be regarded as a third- or fourth-rate family.

However, with such a small Zhang family, the things inside are complicated enough, and the Lu family is many times bigger and complicated than the Zhang family.

Jinling is ten times larger than Yangzhou, where it is the land of two governments, and it is also the location of the Southern Imperial Court, where the prosperity of the south converges, for all this, Lu Zheng's mind is full of countless reveries.

"Childe, do you have something on your mind?" Shadow said softly.

Lu Zheng sighed lightly and said, "Jiangning is here today, and you want to take me back to Jiangning!" ”

"Huh?" Shadow'er's hand trembled, her face changed slightly, Lu Zheng raised her hand and grabbed her little hand, and said, "Even if you go to Jiangning, I will take you with me!" ”

"Uh......" Shadow's body stiffened even more, but her face turned red suddenly, and then her heart became extremely peaceful, and her mood became comfortable for no reason.

There was nothing to say all night, but Lu Zheng couldn't sleep, and the next morning he asked Sun San to prepare the car, and the master and servant went to the green bamboo forest.

The green bamboo forest is still the same as before, the bamboo forest is lush, and the winding paths are quiet, but it may be because of the mood, Lu Zheng feels that today's grass house is a little different.

Inside and outside the grass house, there were a lot fewer children who were usually busy, and it was deserted, although it was summer, Lu Zheng felt a bleak scene.

Lu Zheng got out of the carriage and went straight to the study where Yan Shi usually stayed, in the study, Yan Shi was sitting on a recliner, and there was a boy standing behind him, looking at this boy, Lu Zheng was very strange, he had never seen it before.

Except for this boy, no one was seen inside or outside.

"Master Yan......" Lu Zheng saluted respectfully, and wanted to speak, but Yan Lao opened his eyes, his gaze was very cloudy, and he didn't have much brilliance:

"You're finally here! I guess you'll come, so I'll wait for you! ”

"Huh? Master Yan, you ...... Are you leaving? Lu Zheng said in surprise.

The old man nodded lightly and said with a smile: "Yes, it's about to be done, and if you don't leave, I'm afraid there won't even be anyone to collect the body!" Aren't you going to go too? If my news is correct, Jiang Ning seems to have come! ”

Lu Zheng was stunned and speechless, nodded and said, "Yes, but Master Yan, I ...... I'm not going to Jiangning for the time being, I'm ......"

"Have you been able to drag it out for a while, but for a lifetime? Next year, will you still be able to stay in Yangzhou? Gentle Township, Hero Mound, at the age of sixteen, there is a rotten aura on his body, hey......" The old man sighed, Lu Zheng lowered his head, and couldn't say a word.

The old man paused, and then said: "I have taught you a lot of things, and those things are destined to ferment in the torrent, and to stir up the storm between life and death.

What is taught to you is dead, just like I stay in this green bamboo forest, I stay for a lifetime, even if I have the talent in my chest, but I am also dead.

You are only sixteen years old, and you are going to be like me, nested in one place, and die of old age in the mountains and forests? ”

Lu Zheng knelt on the ground, kowtowed seriously, and said: "The teacher's teachings, the disciple's mouth is suddenly opened, even if there are thousands of difficulties and dangers ahead, they can't be avoided, they can't be avoided, they have to rely on themselves to wade through."

Life can't be chosen by yourself, sometimes there is only one way, and if you can't move forward, there is no way, I understand! ”

When Lu Zheng said these words, he had mixed feelings in his heart, and he suddenly found that he couldn't stay in Yangzhou anymore. Master Luo is gone, and now Master Yan is about to leave, Gui Liang is in a state of semi-seclusion, who else is there around Lu Zheng?

The Zhang family has never had a sense of belonging in Lu Zheng's heart, Yangzhou is not his home at all, and he can only stay in Yangzhou for a while at most, as Yan Shi said, unless he gives up his ambitions and is willing to live a dull and mediocre life, but can he be willing?

Master Yan's words were really like a slap in the face, which made Lu Zheng wake up in shock.

Master Yan squinted at him, looking at him very attentively, and after a long time, he said: "You have followed me for so long, I have already taught you everything I can teach you, and there are some that you can't do, and I can't teach you." Your life is not good, but God has made you smart, but it is easy to die with wisdom, and there is never a shortage of smart people in the world.

If you have a lot in your chest, you will have your own pattern, and how big the pattern you are, how big the thing you can be. Dakang thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, the vast and I don't know the geometry, the world, don't wait until I'm here to sigh that the days are running out! ”

After Master Yan finished speaking, he slowly stood up from the recliner, and at this moment, a carriage drove into the green bamboo forest, and the boy behind him helped him to the carriage.

"Master Yan, where are you going? Disciple...... The disciple ...... "Lu Zheng originally wanted to say that he was going to look for him in the future, but when he thought of Master Yan's age, as he himself said, he was about to die.

Now that his old man is gone, where will Lu Zheng see him again in the future? As soon as he thought of this, Lu Zheng's heart became extremely uncomfortable, and he couldn't say the words anymore, and tears flowed out uncontrollably.

This year, Master Yan taught him too much, countless days Lu Zheng spent in the green bamboo forest, although it was not as magnificent as the Zhang family's side, but it made Lu Zheng feel extremely free, but it was a pity...... There is no banquet in the world, and Master Yan is finally leaving.

"Brother Zheng, go back, I'm just an old man, what's there to worry about? There are still beautiful women in Yushan, and there are girls at home, isn't that worse than me, an old man, worth worrying about? Haha......"

Yan Shi laughed in the carriage, the handle of the carriage was whipped, and the carriage slowly left the bamboo forest, as soon as Yan Shi left, there was nothing inside and outside the hut, and the lush green bamboo forest seemed to have no life, and this place suddenly made Lu Zheng strange.

Full of thoughts, Lu Zheng returned to the West Corner Courtyard, because the people of the Lu family had not left, Lu Zheng temporarily moved from the academy to live, and the environment here looked unfamiliar, in the afternoon, the shadow came over happily and said:

"Childe, the people of the Lu family went to Yangzhou to inquire about your name, hehe, they were all stunned, especially when they heard that your house was rewarded by the prince of Qin, the leader completely dispelled the idea of bringing you back to Jiangning.

Just now, the second grandmother had already told me that the person surnamed Hong had already resigned to the old lady, saying that she would leave by boat tonight. ”

Lu Zheng frowned slightly, Hong Shen was leaving, but he didn't have half a joy in his heart, for some reason, his mood became more irritable, he became restless, he always felt like something was going to happen.

He stood and paced, his heart pounding, and as soon as he sat down, his heart was inexplicably panicked, and all of a sudden, he felt that one of his hearts had become empty, a feeling he had never felt before.

You must know that he is now a human being, how rich his life experience is, he looks like a teenager, but his heart and city government are far beyond his actual age, he has really never been so panicked before.

Ying'er also felt strange about Lu Zheng's state, but in her heart, she thought that Lu Zheng was homesick, after all, Lu Zheng was from Jiangning, and he had only been in Zhang's house for more than a year!

Lu Zheng has also heard about the situation in the Lu family, he obviously can't survive in the Lu family, and he came to the Zhang family, after Lu Zheng came to the Zhang family, his experience is very clear.

Through these experiences, Ying'er can also imagine what happened to Lu Zheng in Jiangning, Gongzi's life is really bitter, saying that Gongzi is actually worse than many subordinate slaves, God is really unfair to him.

In this state of uneasiness, suddenly, there was a scream in the west courtyard, and then Lu Zheng heard Liu Song's voice.

"Brother Zheng, Brother Zheng, where are you?" Liu Song's voice was extremely panicked, and Lu Zheng suddenly stood up, his face changed.

Before he walked out of the main hall, Liu Song had already broken down the door and rushed into the courtyard.

"What's going on? What's going on? ”

"Sister, my sister is gone, she's gone!" Liu Song said, after he finished speaking, the huge man "wow" and cried.

"Huh?" Lu Zheng gasped, he couldn't believe his ears.

Liu Song cried and said with a sad face: "It's really gone, this is the letter he left for me, and the one who took her away was the old man who lived in the bamboo forest where you often go, look at this letter......"

Lu Zheng took the letter from Liu Song's hand, he carefully read the content of the letter, the whole person was stupid, looking at the handwriting on the letter, the handwriting was beautiful, it was Liu Kun's handwriting.

Lu Zheng suddenly understood the reason for his uneasiness, and he remembered the situation of saying goodbye to Master Yan in his mind, what he said about Yushan and beautiful women, and now Lu Zheng knew that Master Yan had ulterior motives.